Fryberger Freed at Trial in Toll Gate Case
Wayne Fryberger of 508 Walnut Street was found not guilty of assault and battery in Justice J C Costers court. He testified Ripley tried to pass the toll gate without paying and a dispute followed with Fryberger knocking Ripley down. Ripley and witnesses disputed the degree of justification. The court discharged Fryberger citing long running toll evasion by the Ripleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Fryberger
Walnut Street
Paul Ripley
J. C. Coster
Ripley
Fryberger
High Bridge
Tax Reduction Act Appeals Grow Few Grants Reported
Des Moines reports about 75 Beatty-Bennett tax reduction law appeals to the state comptroller with five granted. Most remain pending or withdrawn, including 44 schools, 20 cities, 4 townships, and 6 counties. Dubuque’s firemen and policemen benefit funds appeal was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
C. B. Murtaugh
Murtagh
Dubuque
Dead Robber Identified From Photo as Ned Hills Gang Member
Davenport reports Guy Ellis, killed in Yorkville Illinois last Sunday, identified from photographs as a Ned Hills gang member. The gang robbed Home Savings bank on September 9 1932 of 18340 and tried Northwest Davenport Savings bank on October 6 1932. James Russell, captured after the battle, was later imprisoned. Search for Ellis and another gang member began in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned
Ellis
Amanas Adopt Recovery Plan Model for Nation
The Amana colonies in Cedar Rapids report under the National Industrial Recovery Act that work in fields shops and mills is shared to provide employment. No one is getting rich yet there is no want, and the Red Cross relief is declined. The Amana corporation studies the act and stands ready to cooperate noting their largely agricultural economy may not require wage or hour adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt
Amana
Arthur Barlow
Barlow
Red Cross
Amanas
Amana Plan
Mattern Lands in Ketchikan on World Flight Tour
James Mattern, American round the world flyer, arrived in Ketchikan from Juneau today aboard a seaplane piloted by Bob Ellis. District Court notes show Mary Thurston posted a $2,000 bond as she qualified as the heir of Jean ette Thurston, a minor.
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Mary Thurston
Jeanette Thurston
Mattern
Ketchika
Alaska
James Mattern
Juneau
Bob Ellis
Miss Grace Healey to Visit Muscatine Ten Days
City notes list Miss Grace Healey of Washington DC visiting her parents in Seventy-Six township for ten days. Other items mention VFW post meeting, residents traveling to Chicago for the Century of Progress, and local social visits.
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Grace Healey
Post Office
Washington, D. C
Muscatine
John Healey
Elizabeth Linn
Davenport
Harold Hanson
Reed Street
Ruth Springborn
Cedar Street
Chicago
A. C. Springborn
Ruth
American Conservatory of Music
Weed Park
Mystery Cloaks Youth Death in Rockford
Authorities seek the identity of a about 16 year old found dead on a large transport truck from DeWitt Iowa in Rockford Illinois. The youth has a brown eye and black hair with a heart tattoo and the word Casey on his right arm.
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Rockford
Ill
DeWitt
Chicago
Casey
Textile Dyeing Workers Strike in Fairlawn New Jersey
About 2000 employees of the Textile Dyeing and Printing company of America walked out in Fairlawn New Jersey to oppose wage and hour changes tied to silk code adjustments. Management official A Haberlin denied planned salary reductions, stating the minimum would not be cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairlawn
N. J
Textile Dyeing and Printing Company of America
A. Haberlin
Recovery Plans Move Forward Across Iowa
The Associated Press reports Iowa towns push to implement the national industrial recovery act. Newton plans wage hour rules. Burlington authorities vow code compliance. Council Bluffs 250 business leaders back cooperation and trade associations form. Des Moines dealers garment workers and barbershops engage with code provisions. Waterloo chamber directors discuss codes. Creston hours cut to 8 am 5 pm. Mahaska county 400 employers set code in motion with set plans in Oskaloosa and surrounding towns.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Roosevelt
Newton
Des Moines
Waterloo
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Warehouse Company
Oskaloosa
Trade Territory Governing Board
Mahaska County
Pella
Knoxville
Sigourney
Farm Bureau Agent Describes FFA Exhibit Plans
Carl Rylander County farm agent outlined exhibit entry methods for the West Liberty and state fairs to Muscatine high school Future Farmers chapter members at the July meeting. Lindley Hoopes and John Brockway shared experiences from the World’s Fair in Chicago. The group arranged a watermelon feed at Rotary Lodge on August 29 and decided to hold August meeting at the outing. A booth will be set up at the West Liberty fair this year and committees will be named to arrange the exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Rylander
West Liberty
Muscatine High School
Future Farmers
Lindley B. Hoopes
John Brockway
Chicago
Rotary Lodge
Four Muscatine youths held on petty larceny charges
Four Muscatine youths Cecil Henderson Henry Kochneff Billy Locklin and Kenneth Henderson will appear in juvenile court likely Thursday on charges of petty larceny. Police allege the group was arrested in connection with an attempted theft from the William Glatstein junk yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Cecil Henderson
Henry Kochneff
Billy Locklin
Kenneth Henderson
William Glatstein
Reduced fee framework set well above the legal minimum
The article notes that the fee will be lowered to $18 as prescribed by the code but will remain significantly higher than the minimum. It discusses the statutory guidance and its impact on the current charge level and potential budget implications for the issuing body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
America
Post Hailed by Cheering Crowds in World Flight Parade
Wiley Post rode through New York amid ticker tape crowds to celebrate his solo world flight. Police estimated 20 000 along the Battery to City Hall as 1 200 uniformed officers kept the route clear and aviation notables followed. Post waved from an open car while Mrs. Post and dignitaries traveled behind.
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New York
Wiley Post
The
Battery
City Hall
Lower Broadway
Harold Gatty
City Hall Park
Broadway
Post
Mrs. Post
Clarence Chamberlin
Roger Q. Williams
Settle Postpones Stratosphere Trip
Lieut. Commander T. G. W. Settle postponed his stratosphere balloon flight until Thursday night due to a collapsing high pressure system over Chicago. A ground crew of 100 men was kept on standby in case pressure shifts allow a later flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
T. G. W. Settle
War Veterans Help Hunt Boy's Slayer
Police enlist 100 war veterans to search San Diego for the killer of 7 year old Dalbert Aposhian as new clues stay elusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy
San Diego
Dalbert Aposhian
British Laborites Praise Roosevelt
Sir Stafford Cripps, a Labour member, told the House of Commons that President Roosevelt is right to shorten hours and raise wages. He supported public works as key to lifting mood while condemning the national government for its role in the perceived failure of the world economic conference.
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London
Labor Party
Roosevelt
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
Stafford
Arbitration for Dispute Seen in Gran Chaco Mediation Plan
Paraguay and Bolivia announced a mediation plan to place their border dispute in the Gran Chaco with Argentina Brazil Chile and Peru in the minds of League of Nations members. Asuncion confirmed the plan while Bolivia's foreign minister avoided details. League officials expressed surprise as two commission members travel to South America.
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Associated Press
Paraguay
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Asuncion
League of Nations
League Commission
South America
Inspectors Find Trucks Overloaded During Drive
Des Moines reports that over 900 trucks were stopped in the first drive to enforce the truck flare law. About 85 percent complied, while 15 percent were overloaded and given steps to reclassify by the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lew Wallace
State Motor Vehicle Department
Fingerprints Clear Nebraska Woman in Kidnapping Probe
Lincoln Nebraska Mrs Vivian Cunningham was freed to return to farm work after investigators confirmed her prints matched those she gave Tuesday. Authorities had connected her to the August Luer kidnapping and a Clay county Missouri bank robbery under the aliases Vivian Berry and Chase.
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Lincoln, Neb
Vivian Cunningham
Lincoln
Luer
St. Louis
Vivian Berry
Chase
Suer
Clay County
Missouri
Milk Dumped by Striking Farmers in Carlisle
Striking Capital City Milk Producers Association farmers dumped six truckloads of milk destined for Harrisburg. About 300 farmers picketed main highways into Harrisburg as they press for a $1.70 per 100 pounds price. Local six county members demanded dealers pay the higher rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Harrisburg
Capital City
Pound Declares Independence Of Sterling In Commons
Chancellor Neville Chamberlain proclaimed a declaration of independence for the pound in the House of Commons. He stated that sterling will not be linked to gold or to the dollar and emphasized pursuing an independent currency policy for Britain and the empire.
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Chamberlain
London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
House
Boland Rites to Be at St. Mathias
Funeral services for William Boland, who died at the Muscatine county home, will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Mathias Church with Rev. Father W. L. Hannon officiating. Burial follows in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
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William Boland
Muscatine County
St. Mathias Church
W. L. Hannon
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Ott's Homer Lifts Giants 5 3 Over Dodgers
Mel Ott homered in the ninth with Bill Terry aboard to power the New York Giants to a 5 3 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers in the first game of a doubleheader. Brooklyn’s Joe Hutcheson drove in all three of his team’s runs with a sixth inning homer.
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New York
Mel Ott
Bill Terry
New York Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Joe Hutcheson
Memphis
Brooklyn
Appraisers Review Early Farm Loan Applications in County
Appraisers under the federal commissioner at Omaha have completed examinations of first farms with federal loan applications. Reports go to the Federal Land Bank of Omaha and loan amounts will be forwarded after review by the loan board. Due to high volume, first loans are expected to take several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Omaha
C. C. Hakes
Muscatine National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Mystery Airplane Crash Near Savanna Depot
Civil and military authorities probe a small bi plane wrecked at the Savanna ordnance depot ground about 11 miles northwest of Savanna after a Sunday wind storm. The craft bears a Department of Commerce license 3320. Major K F Adamson, commandant, would not name the owner. A Savanna restaurant waitress recounted a man and woman claiming a crash and a wounded man and bruiseed woman among the witnesses. Authorities note a Commerce regulation bans flight over government property.
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Savanna
Department of Commerce
K. F. Adamson
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