Railroads oppose 9 foot channel plan on Missouri River
Five western railroads filed a brief with the army board of engineers condemning the 9 foot channel project as excessively costly and unlikely to succeed. They also opposed a 6 foot channel on the upper river, noting prior expenditures and questioning navigability.
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Washington
Western Railroads
Missouri River
Army Board of Engineers
Fort Peck
Mont
Chicago and North Western
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Milwaukee
St. Paul
St. Louis
Arthur J. Weaver
Nebraska
Missouri River Navigation Association
George J. Miller
C. E. Childe
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Missouri
Factor Home After 12 Days as Prisoner
John Factor recounts 12 days of captivity by abductors in a basement and a farmhouse near Chicago. He testified of threats with machine guns and scissors, $500000 ransom demands, and his release during which his wife, son Jerome, and Alderman Jacob Arby greeted him at La Grange.
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Factor
Jerome
Alvin
Attorney Overmeyer
Overmeyer
England
Cortesi
Gerrard
River Forest
la Grange
John Factor
Chicago
Gilbert
William Blaul
Jacob Arby
Akie Weissue
Sta
Mystery Motive Shrouded in Murder Case
The article reports a double murder with the sole other person in the building in the kitchen. Witnesses describe screams and shots. the coroner notes no inquest. Police records reveal James H. Clark, born 1894 in Louisa County, with prior desertion, grand larceny, and lewdness convictions. Surviving are his wife Anna Elizabeth and two children.
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Journal
Clark
Allen
S. D. Folsom
W. S. Norton
U. S. Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C
Ft. Madison Penitentiary
Burlington
Eldora
Anamosa Reformatory
Louisa County
James H. Clark
Alfred
Iva James Clark
Anna Elizabeth Schmelzer
Oquawka
Pauline
Donald
Delegate Stirs Parlaw With New Silver Measure
A new measure was presented to the sub committee on silver. It did not alter the gold provisions of the Pittman resolution and the committee adjourned until tomorrow without action.
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U. S
Stirs Parlaw
Jerome
Alvin
Pittman
Johnson to Issue New Business Codes Across Industries
President Roosevelt revision guidance prompts a National Lumber Mfrs Assn committee to seek adjustments to a cotton textile code Johnson found unacceptable. Industry codes move slowly as self government plans firm up, with lumber shipbuilding electrical goods and steel codes anticipated soon and coal codes being considered.
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Roosevelt
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Johnson
Congress
Ace
S. D. Folsom
W. S. Norton
Funeral rites for Edna Mary Stebbins in Muscatine
Edna Mary Stebbins born March 1 1893 in Sedalia Missouri spent 30 years in Muscatine. Survived by husband Ivan two sisters Ruth Austin Ella Webb both Davenport six brothers Hugo Andrew Christopher William Peter Berry all Muscatine Marion Omaha. Funeral at Fairbanks Home for Funerals 3 PM Saturday with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Edna Mary Stebbins
Sedalia
Muscatine
Ivan Stebbins
Little Rock
Ark
Ruth Austin
Ella Webb
Davenport
Hugo
Andrew
Christopher
William
Peter Berry
Marion
Omaha
Stephen
Fairbanks Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Transient Aid Plans Mapped
Hopkins outlines plans for transient relief under the Emergency Relief Act authorizing 15 million dollars. Grants will flow from the fund to states with administration by state organizations and coordination with employment exchanges. Migratory labor patterns push movement to the south and west, as 1500 workers converge on Muscle Shoals in Florence, Alabama for Tennessee Valley Authority work.
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Hopkins
Fede Administration
Relief Administration
Georgia
Florida
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Florence
Transcontinental Route Visioned for western Iowa
The meeting weighed a western Iowa trans continental highway with J W Bowman of Loop City Nebraska named for Nebraska and officers to be chosen. Community directors include L A Sage and many state residents. Resolutions urge federal funds to finish paving and push completion before longer interstate routes, with talks on routing No 2 as a trunk feeder line.
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Western
Iowa
J. W. Bowman
Loop City
Neb
Nebraska
L. A. Sage
Moline
Ben Jacobsen
Rock Island
R. W. Palmer
Milan
Cyrus Wait
Taylor Ridge
John Smith
Edgington
Joe Watson
Illinois City
J. M. Roth
Muscatine
Ccene
Columbus
E. C. Eicher
Washington
E. O. Newell
Columbus Junction
J. H. Johnson
Knoxville
Mr. Young
Schlack Seeks to Modify Injunction in Divorce Case
William Schlack asks district court to modify an injunction that blocks him from entering his home at 102 Earl Avenue. He claims his wife Pauline Schlack mistreated him, sought a divorce, and circulated false stories while she alleged cruel and inhuman treatment. He also accuses her of inviting Ludwig Nicoley to the home and conflicts over evidence.
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William Schlack
Pauline Schlack
Ludwig Nicoley
Schlack
New Knoxville Bank Set to Open Following Closure
The Community National Bank and Trust plans to open in New Knoxville as Frida tional Bank and Trust, which shut down March 4. Forty percent of the old bank’s deposits will be distributable. Eldon Job serves as president and Russell Dyer as cashier of the new institution.
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Knoxville
Community National Bank and Trust Company
Fridational Bank and Trust Company
Eldon Job
Russell Dyer
Stage Star Weds Society Divorcee in Brooklyn Ceremony
New York report states Mrs Phylis Livingstone Potter society divorcee married Fred Astaire, the famed dancer and comedian, with child custody arrangements set for a valid son except one month each year. Marriage took place Wednesday in Brooklyn before Supreme Court Justice Selah B Strong. The English note mentions Higham Ferrers Northamptonshire not having drunkenness in eight years.
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New York
Phylis Livingstone Potter
Fred Astaire
Supreme Court
Selah B. Strong
Brooklyn Court
Schlack Claims Complaints Stem From Alleged Feelings
Schlack asserts that the complained acts are the outgrowth of the subject’s alleged feelings toward Nicoley, framing the accusations as personal emotion rather than a formal misconduct.
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Nicoley
Schlack
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