Fiorenza Sentenced to Death at Sing Sing
John Fiorenza, convicted of murdering Nancy Evans Titterton, was condemned to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison. Judge Charles C. Nott Jr pronounced the sentence as Fiorenza faced the bench, while attorney Henry Klauber stood nearby and the condemned youth asked to visit him at Sing Sing.
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New York
John Fiorenza
Nancy Evans Titterton
Broadcasting Company
Sing Sing Prison
Charles C. Nott, Jr
Fiorenza
Henry Klauber
Sing Sing
Hi Y Alumni Pay Camp Expenses for Two Boys
Hi Y Alumni vote to cover the camp expenses for two boys at the Y M C A camp at Rotary Lodge starting June 29 for three days. B L Galler and Charles Kern will select the recipients. others will pay their own way. Don Kemp led a program of brief talks on current events. The group pauses until late September for officer elections and reorganization.
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Hi-Y
Rotary Lodge
B. L. Gallaher
Charles Kern
Don Kemp
Redmen May Hold District Meeting in City on June 20
The Improved Order of Redmen district meeting for June 20 may be moved from Clinton to Muscatine due to potential event conflicts. W. H. Deutschman, president of the Eastern Town association, notes the decision is not final. No regular local lodge meeting occurred Thursday night.
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Redmen
City
Improved Order of Redmen
Clinton
Muscatine
W. H. Deutschman
Eastern Town Association
Longtime subscriber finds old 1891 Journal copy
Gus C. Bartels of Wilton owns a January 1891 semi centennial edition of The Journal bound in magazine form. It features pictures and detailed Muscatine history as it appeared then. Bartels has been a subscriber for 50 years.
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Gus C. Bartels
Wilton
Muscatine
Mr. Bartels
Lutherans To Observe Children’s Day Program
Grace Lutheran Church will host a Children’s Day program on Sunday June 7 at 10 30 am. The program opens with the pro log by Ivan Goddard and features cradle roll and primary department songs dialogs and recitations by numerous local children led by the pastor Rev Leland H Lesher.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Ivan Goddard
Avon Paullins
Mary Jean Hildebrandt
Bonnie Jean Doering
Edward Lange
Junior Schulz
Frank Boldt
Mrs. Hildebranndt
Jacqueline Kinead
Miss Semler
Marion Thomas
Marie Fahy
Billie Mark
David Volger
Jerry Pearson
Richard Miller
Pvan Fahy
Robert Guthrie
Robert Miller
Wendel Hildebrandt
Richard Terry
Leland H. Lesher
Deeds Recorded in Muscatine and West Liberty Areas
Edward and Lela F Brown transfer lot four block 31 Smalley addition Muscatine to Muscatine Building and Loan. Mary F Nichols transfers south 86 feet lot one block 22 first West Liberty. Guaranty Life Insurance to Otto G Nobis SE 1 4 and S1 2 NE1 4 section 7 78 1W.
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Edward and
Lela F. Brown
Muscatine
Muscatine City Council Wraps Up Brief Session
City council minutes show no major items, with votes on levee use limits for carnivals, notices of claims and sign permits, street repairs, sewer projects, and the replacement of alleys and crossings. Workers in Chilean nitrate fields are noted in a stray close.
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Sycamore Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Baker Lot
Park Avenue
W. A. Houk
Walnut Street
Locust Street
First
Howard Avenues
Monroe and
Adams
Cedar Valley Community Club Names Officers
The Cedar Valley Community club elected officers for the coming year at a church meeting. Verda Hendriks was named president. Berdena Chesebro vice president. Frieda McIntire secretary treasurer. Nell Wigim chorister. Agnes Jarvis press reporter. A mock wedding and program followed with members and guests, and a summer program plan was announced for July.
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Cedar Valley
Cedar Valley Community Club
Verda Hendriks
Berdena Chesebro
Frieda McIntire
Nell Wigim
Agnes Jarvis
Yesteryears
Nona Miller
Cora McIntire
Rebecca Miller
Lara Tipton
Edna Hendriks
Aneta Flater
Shirley Geertz
Lester Hildebrand
Eddie Hildebrand
Wilbur Barnhart
Doris Askam
Norma Barnhart
Joyce
Hulda James
Zylpha Monroe
Marie Moran
West Liberty Fairground
William F Barr of Drake U Retiring
Des Moines reported that William Francis Barr who has served 33 years as dean of Drake University College of Education will retire at the end of the current school year on a Carnegie Foundation pension. He remains dean emeritus. 71 and at Drake since 1900, with tenure as dean since 1903. His successor was not announced.
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Des Moines
D. W. Morehouse
Drake University
William Francis Barr
College of Education
Carnegie Foundation
Dean Barr
Drake
British Queen Mary Sets Return Voyage From New York
The Queen Mary sailed from New York on her first return eastward crossing carrying 1,885 passengers and officials say she will not seek a speed record on the west to east voyage.
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New York
Atlantic
Bartholomew family strikes peace over film earnings dispute
In a pending settlement the parents Cecil and Mrs Bartholomew would share their 12 year old son Fred s earnings and live locally while aunt Miss Myllicent Bartholomew controls his film career A written agreement is to be filed for Superior Judge Harry Archbald s final approval after a conference with attorneys
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Los Angeles
Bartholomew
Freddie
Cecil L. Bartholomew
Myllicent Bartholomew
Isaac Pacht
Harry Archbald
England
Textile Maker's Daughter Weds Clerk in Bel Air
Anne Can non Reynolds Smith and Lindsay Plumly of Winston-Salem N C married May 17 in Bel Air Md circuit court records show. Rev G A Ogg of Grace Methodist Protestant church officiated the ceremony. Plumly 26 a clerk. the textile maker's daughter 25 and a divorcee. They sought court attaches to keep the marriage secret. Traffic violators in Huntington Ind receive a scarlet letter past ed on their windshields to be carried for 30 days.
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Bel Air
Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith
Lindsay Plumly
Winston-Salem
N. C
G. A. Ogg
Grace Methodist Protestant Church
Plumly
Huntington
Ind
Court settles guardianship after family conference
A custody dispute over a minor led to a guardianship award to a sister-in-law six months earlier. The mother’s bid to overturn the guardianship was rejected. The court later signaled potential custody to the mother, while a father’s arrival as peacemaker preceded a late night conference that resolved the matter.
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Doom Brink
Santa Fe Railroad
Texas Ranger
Cimarron River
Guthrie
Okla
Grace Lutheran Congregation
Den
Crisco
Rinso
Mulberry Avenue
Bliss Coffee
Council
James Troxel
Laurel Street
Harvey G. Allbee
George R. Foster
Fifth
Sixth
Spring
Cypress
Eighth
Ninth
Lombard
Monroe Street
Grant
Washington Streets
Quandt
Busch Street
Stewart Road
Nazarene Church
Garfield School
Bond and
Liberty Street
Maple Grove Road
Ball Park
South Muscatine
Elfers Street
Kemper
Phillips Streets
B. M. and
N. W
Oregon Street
Schley Avenue
Baker and
Wisconsin
Benham Avenue
Rock Island Railroad
Musser Street
Logan Street
Fulham
Foster
Parkington Drive
Highway 38
Clay Street
Chile
Cedar Valley Group
William F. Barr
Drake U
Ohio
Black Legion
Michigan
William J. Shepherd
Bellaire, O
Legion
Iowa
Omar
P. & G. Soap
Kotex
Bauer’s
Chayka Grocery
Cypress WM. Collitz Market
Lyne Guy Duncan
Park Ave
Roy Fisher
Harry Hass
East Eighth
Havemann Bros
Oregon St
Aug. Hoffman
East Ninth
John Bast
Cedar
GEO. Hofman
Lucas Lucas ST
Lucas St
Pilgrim Market
Waltman & West
Mulberry ED. Weis
West Seventh St
Cash Grocery
Iowa Ave
E. W. Berg
Clinton St
GEO, Bitman Grocery
Green Peppers
Calif
Miss Rutherford
Home Economics
Artis
Iowa Soap Company
Burlington, Iowa
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