Kidnapping of Busch Heir Shocks St Louis Community
Adolphus Busch Orthwein, 13, grandson of August A Busch, was abducted Wednesday night by an armed man in Huntleigh. A large search describes the boy as four feet eight, 90 pounds, blond with blue eyes, wearing a blue suit and overcoat. Investigators report no trace found by morning.
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St. Louis
Adolphus Busch Orthwein
Adolphus Busch
Adolphus Busch Orthecin
Adolphus Busch Orthnwein
August A. Busch
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
Negross
J. Orthwein
Orthwein
Huntleigh
Ram Pauffeur
Roy Yowell
Grant’s
Hunt Village
St. Loui
Gimbel Heir Lee Adam Gimbel Dies In Fall From Yale Club
New York AP report: Lee Adam Gimbel, 35, stock broker and Yale graduate, died after leaping from the sixteenth floor of the Yale Club. Detectives said no note was found. relatives deny any note existence. Gimbel, once with Sartorious and Smith, earlier directed Gimbel Brothers stores and was heir to a multi million dollar fortune with his brother Louis. His wife Ruth Price and four year old daughter Mary Lee were in New Rochelle awaiting his New Year visit.
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York
Lee Adam
Yale Club
Gimbel
Raymond B. Miles
East Fifty-first
Yale
Sartorious and Smith
Gimbel Brothers
Ruth Price
Mary Lee
New Rochelle
Louis
Sunday school leaders plan youth work drive in Muscatine county
About 950 county church representatives wrapped a one day institute at the First Baptist church to boost Sunday school attendance and youth participation for 1931. Mrs Nellie Nickle resigned as secretary treasurer. Mrs Nellie Hahn of Moscow township was elected to serve.
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Muscatine County
First Baptist Church
Nellie Nickle
Nichols
Wapello
Atalissa
Nellie Hahn
Moscow Township
Lester Bill
Harold Sinkler
Albert Hetzler
Helen Thicker
Rita St. Denis
Kenneth Wagner
Elvin Watters
A. L. Holliday
Grandview
R. W. Merrifield
First Congregational Church
Benjamin Schwartz
Johns Hopkins Scientists Grow Cancer Cells in Lab
A Baltimore Johns Hopkins research team led by Dr Warren H. Lewis and the husband wife duo George O. and Mrs. Gey report growing cancer cells in a lab for the first time. The work, already praised by scientists as a major step toward understanding cancer, aims to study the disease outside living organisms and may hasten insights into its cause and cure.
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George O. Gey
Pittsburgh
Washington
National Institute of Health
Warren H. Lewis
Rail plan under Senate scrutiny amid criticism
Washington AP investigation into a four system railroad consolidation faces possible hearings by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. Chairman Couzens calls it high finance at human cost, while Senators Wheeler and others seek more details. Senator Fess defends the president and attacks the plan as unjust and potentially failing.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Couzens
Wee
Wheeler
Democrat
Montana
Fess
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Fragmentary note hints at improving mood and car issue
A partial, garbled message references feeling better after a few years and a car problem. No clear names, dates, or locations are recoverable.
Mrs. Klein Found Dead in Harold Wittich Home
Elizabeth Klein was found dead in her bed at 104 East Fifth Street in the Harold Wittich home. Heart disease was the cause, with a severe cold noted. She had no local relatives. the Hoffman Funeral Home will handle arrangements.
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Elizabeth Klein
Harold Wittich
East Fifth Street
Farm Banquet To Draw Crowd At Muscatine County Event
The Muscatine County Farm Bureau banquet at First Baptist church on Thursday January 8 is expected to draw 300 to 400 attendees. Early reservations through January 7. Limestone carloads of agriculture prizes to be given away at 11 and 11:15 election of officers followed by the noon banquet. An orchestra program and readings will cap the afternoon with last year’s crowd turning many away.
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Muscatine
Anador
Earl Elijah
Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation
Weather Outlook Sees Mild Start to New Year in Des Moines
ARLES D Reed, United rologist, predicts milder temperatures across the state with readings 8 to 12 degrees above normal. A low pressure area signals unsettled weather by midweek, as Charles City to Wednesday night may see drops in temperature.
Warmer Tonight and Friday in East Areas
A weather note says it will be warmer tonight and Friday with fair skies, especially in the eastern portions.
Ancient butchering site found in Arizona confirms early humans
A 20,000 year old “butcher shop” in Yuman county Arizona, with mammoth bones and flint knives, suggests humans inhabited North America that long ago. Dr. Harold J. Cook and researchers note bones show tools and processing traces, indicating early hunter activity in a well watered plateau environment.
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Arizona
B. Costof
Associated Press
Cleveland
America
Harold J. Cook
Cook Museum of Natural History
Agate, Neb
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Yuman County
Perry
Harold Anderson
Pr. Cook
Cook
Joffre Life at a Glance From Birth to Marshal Rank
This item traces Joseph Joffre born January 12, 1852 in Rivesaltes through study at the Ecole Polytechnique and service in 1870, later roles in Paris fortifications Formosa Indo-China and Timbuctoo, rising to general in 1900 and marshal in 1916, with later academy membership in 1918.
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Rivesaltes
Pyrenees
Paris
Ecole Polytechnique
Army Engineer Corps
Formosa
Senegal
Timbuctoo
Madagascar
Divistos
Tea Sas
France
América
French Academy
New Year Reflections From Hollywood Reader
A casual note from Hollywood California comments on New Year resolutions and school attendance, reflecting on a playful mix of ideas and personal habits amid a lively city scene. The brief mentions Einstein land and a casual greeting.
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Hollywood
Calif
Einstein Land
Mrs Hattie Garard Dies After Illness At 66
Mrs Hattie Garard 66 of 608 East Fourth street died at Her shey hospital at 6 30 am after a long illness with heart disease. Born Moscow January 19 1864 she was the daughter of Peter and Jane DuMont. She married James Garard at Muscatine September 1 1886 and lived in Muscatine since then. Funeral arrangements are by Wittich Funeral home awaiting word from relatives distant.
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Hattie Garard
East Fourth Street
Hershey Hospital
Moscow
Peter
Jane DuMont
James Garard
Muscatine
Garard
Wittich Funeral Home
December was milder month reports water works board
The water works board notes December 1980 as warmer than December 1929 with average temperatures around 20.6 degrees and warmest day December 17 reaching 40 F. The river froze by December 26 due to low water, and rainfall and snowfall were higher than in 1929.
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Water Works Board
Avera
Mrs Hyink Observes Day In West Hill Neighborhood
Mrs Hyink a well known resident of West Hill nays neighborhood marked the day. Mr Hyink an employee of the Sage Seteies who came from See 40 years ago died about years ago lived alone and was in active health until a few years ago.
One Killed and a Ranch Fireshot Incident in Arizona River Feud
William Ripe, 36, was killed on a homesteader's claim amid the Hassayampa river feud. Lewis, 19, wounded, had smoldered for weeks in a ranch house blaze when the Killegrews pursued horses in Dyer's river bed and opened fire as Dyer tried to drive them back with a shotgun.
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Buckeye, Ariz
William Ripe
Hessayampea
Eggeraghae Reep Brose
Yom Lewis
Mmapa
Dyer
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Govern
Cittizens
Poor Pary
Claude Callan
Knie Fox
Joffre
Mrs. Garard
Greenwood Cemetery
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Mrs. Hyink
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