Woman Sought in Probe of Murder in Chicago
Chicago police report Mrs. Blanche Dunkel admitted taking Ervin Lang to a residence where knockout drops rendered him unconscious before slaying. She named Evelyn Smith as go-between and said Lang drank drinks laced with poison prior to the murder in a swamp near Hammond Indiana. Police search for Smith and Harry Jung continued as investigators traced possible Chinese accomplices and related homicide angles.
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Chicago
Blanche Dunkel
Ervin Lang
Thomas Kelly
Lang
George W. Kane
Letter Carriers Elect Treasurer On Second Ballot
The Iowa branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers elected J. E. King of Shenandoah treasurer on the second ballot. Earlier W. P. Clark of Ames had been declared treasurer by a one vote margin, but John J. Foley of Boston ordered a revote.
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Ames
Iowa
National Association of Letter Carriers
J. E. King
Shenandoah
W. P. Clark
Clark
R. W. Day
Des Moines
John J. Foley
Boston
National Association
State Receives 28170 Dollar Liquor Sales Levy
The state treasury will collect more than 28170 in sales tax on Iowa liquor store sales for April May and June. Net sales totaled 1408853.33 after 8094 in exemptions for doctors dentists and druggists. A 2 percent tax was applied to the net figure.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church Services
Sunday school at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 30 a m at Ziegler Memorial Lutheran New Era with Rev Ernest A Lack delivering the sermon. Pastor attends Illinois conference executive board meeting in Chicago today. no Sunday evening service announced.
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Ziegler Memorial Lutheran
Ernest A. Lack
Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church
New Era
Mnlinois Conference
Chicago
Kellogg's ALL-BRAN Aids Worcester Man's Constipation
Mr Henry E Lecour of Worcester Massachusetts writes that after 25 years of constipation and little relief from cathartics he found Kellogg's ALL-BRAN provided real relief. He notes the product supplies bulk vitamin B and iron and is gentler than fruit and vegetable bulk. He recommends two tablespoons daily.
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Henry E. Lecour
Vaughan Ave
Worcester
Mass
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
New Approach Sought to Halt War in East Africa
London reports British foreign secretary Sir Samuel Hoare called League of Nations secretary general Joseph Avenol to a conference as hopes rise for a new path to peace between Italy and Ethiopia. Paris remains cautious while the United States voices misgivings and Britain insists on not acting alone. The conciliation commission proposes a July 20 meeting to try to settle territorial disputes.
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Samuel Hoare
Joseph A. C. Avenol
League of Nations
France
United States
London
Sir Samuel
House of Commons
Great Britain
Italy
Starley Baldwin
Rome
East Africa
Geneva
Ethiopia
Conciliation Commission
Scheveninnen
Netherlands
Explosion injures seven sailors on Espoir near Toulon
A submarine Espoir off Toulon suffered a battery room explosion injuring seven sailors seriously. Emergency crews respond as Navy reports the incident occurred in the new vessel named Espoir meaning Hope.
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Paris
Espoir
Toulon
Five Firms Bid for Postoffice Sub Stations in Stores
Five Muscatine businesses bid to host postoffice sub stations in their shops. Samuels Candy, Graham Drug, Havercamp Pharmacy, McDaniel Drug, and Nietzel Drug supplied bids. Locations mostly on Second Street except Nietzel on Mulberry Avenue. Bids will go to the first assistant postmaster general today. contracts awarded in Washington.
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Muscatine
Albert S. Barry
Samuels Candy Shop
Graham Drug Store
Havercamp Pharmacy
McDaniel Drug Store
Nietzel Drug Store
Second Street
Nietzel
Mulberry Avenue
Washington
Counties Take Over Poor Relief Duties in Illinois
Springfield Illinois three bills signed into law shift responsibility for poor relief from townships to counties. The measures may repeal township levy authority for relief taxes except to honor current obligations and require counties to assume care of the needy. The Graham maintenance act also becomes law, allowing men to sue for separate maintenance.
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Springfield
Ill
Horner
Graham
Rehearing Sought in Villisca Power Suit
Iowa Nebraska Light and Power asks the state supreme court to rehear its case against Villisca and Des Moines Electric Equipment after a recent ruling on a municipal power plant contract estimated at 148850 dollars. The utility also seeks a rehearing in a separate suit against Corning and Fairbanks Morse.
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Des Moines
Iowa- Nebraska Light and Power Company
Supreme Court
Villisca
Electric Equipment Company of
High Court
Electric Company
Iowa-Nebraska
Corning
Fairbanks-Morse Company
Y M C A Plans Summer Camp For Boys Near Staley Lake
Y M C A officials set details for their first summer camp at Rotary Lodge on Staley's Lake, opening Monday morning for seven days. Enrollment expected 25 to 30. signups continue through Saturday night. All city boys may join. transportation from the association building at 9 am will be provided. Camp runs again July 22 for four days at reduced rates.
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Prospect
Association
Rotary Lodge
Staley
Lake Monay
B. L. Gallaher
District Court Notes Reports on Motions and Probate
Judge D W Jackson sustains motion to strike paragraphs five and six from W W Williams v Bamford petition. Other strike motions denied. Defendant given 10 days to plead. Jackson sustains for Anna Bailey et al v Otis G Arnold five days to plead. John H Campbell will admitted to probate.
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W. W. Williams
Frank Bamford
D. W. Jackson
Jackson
Anna Bailey
Walter Bailey
Otis G. Arnold
John H. Campbell
More Farm Sales Reported in Iowa
Six more Iowa farms sold recently at prices from under $100 to over $150 per acre. The S. A. Thomas estate 360 acres at Farragut brought 38000 dollars. Will Korte bought Will Korte farm and 7 acre tract. Emil Roloff purchased the 160 acre Will Korte farm for 15000 dollars. C. R. Baker notes 78300 dollars in cash deals since New Year. Local note ends with Scotland four leaf clover mention.
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Associated Press
Iowa
S. A. Thomas
Farragut
Rudolph Herman
Conroy
Sam State
North English
Waverly
Emil Roloff
Will Korte
Herbert Wil
Captain Culver Heads to Fort Snelling for Two Weeks
West Branch reports Captain E. O. Culver leaves for Fort Snelling Minnesota to serve as an instructor at the C M T camp for two weeks. He teaches at St John’s Military Academy in Delafield Wisconsin and is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs O J Culver. Carrie Longerbeam and daughter Annie LeGore of Riverside California arrive to visit relatives and old friends.
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West Branch
E. O. Culver
Fort Snelling
Minn
Culver
St. John’s Military Academy
Delafield
Wis
O. J. Culver
Carrie Longerbeam
Annie LeGore
Riverside
Calif
O. P. Myers
Cedar Rapids
Laura Gray
First State Bank
C. A. Anderson
Antine Jensen
Chicago
Miss Jensen
Severin Pedersen
Jens Jacobsen Sories
Grand Opening Ad for Avenue Beer Parlor
Classified notice announces the grand opening of Avenue Beer Parlor at 116 Iowa Avenue with contact person Happy Mick.
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Avenue Beer Parlor
Iowa Avenue
Mick
Albert Barry Joins Iowa Postmasters Association
Muscatine Postmaster Albert S Barry has joined the Iowa Association of Postmasters and will soon join the National Postmasters Association. The Iowa convention is set for Des Moines in late September or early October, date to be announced after a national speaker is chosen in Washington.
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Albert S. Barry
Muscatine
Iowa Association of Postmasters
National Postmasters Association
Iowa State Association
Des Moines
National
Washington
Confidence Man in Toils of Law Has Record
E. D. Wilhelmsen of Pontiac Michigan, picked up by Ke Wan ee Illinois police about ten days ago, has a prior police record. Russell Wood of West Liberty warned authorities after being swindled out of sixty dollars by the man posing as a firm representative seeking salesmen. Wilhelmsen is held on a felony charge as records show an arrest on September 27 1933 in Washington for a con game.
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E. D. Wilhelmsen
Pontiac
Mich
Kewanee
Ill
Russell Wood
West Liberty
Wood
Kewanee Star-Courier
Wilhelmsen
Michigan
Washington, D. C
Bandits Loot Music-Box Cafe in Des Moines Heist
Thieves stole $75 from the Music-Box Cafe in Des Moines and helped themselves to several bottles of beer. Police调查正在进行中。
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Des Moines
Cooler Weather Predicted Here
The weather bureau forecast relief from the heat with temperatures 3 to 5 degrees cooler than midweek and lower tonight and Saturday. It expected fair weekend weather as a cool air mass moved into Iowa from the west, with highs around 93 locally and 98 at Council Bluffs and Carroll.
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Weather Bureau
Bureau
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Carroll
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