Pageant to Show Life of Indians by Centennial Event
A community pageant presents life of local Indians from 100 years ago during the centennial celebration at Jefferson school field next Monday through Wednesday under lights. Irving B. Richman directs ten episodes plus a prologue with Indian rovers, village scene, forest backdrop, and a tomahawk dance.
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Jefferson School Field
Irving B. Richman
Muscatine
Red Men Lodge
Daughters of Focahontas
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Ola Sorello
Esther Altenbernd
Leroy Thomas
Pocahontas
Bertha Roby
Theresa Pfeiffer
Mattie Rock
Marie Armstrong
Maude Blake
A. Hughes
Lulu Breedlove
Cora Butts
Dora Berry
Red Men
William Pantel
Arthur Strong
Clyde Nyenhuis
August Freese
Fred McCullen
Joseph Rock
Joan Kurfman
William Breedlove
Tarry Burrell
H. E. Washburn
The
Eagles
Ed Sabel
Herbert Dean
Albert Smith
George Powers
Charles Rosenbaum
Guy Hopkins
William McLean
Darlene Grott
Betty Grott
Leila Swank
Richard Stammer
Lesse Blake
New Organization Formed to Direct Former Rotary Band
The Muscatine Rotary club announced it is turning over sponsorship of the Rotary Boys band to a newly formed Boys Band association. An executive committee and board of directors will direct band activities, with Elmer Ziegler retained as director. The move follows a six year sponsorship and a need to reduce club membership and finances.
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Muscatine
Weed Park
Former Commander Bodenhamer Burned in Oil Well Explosion
O L Bodenhamer former national commander of the American Legion was seriously burned when gas exploded at oil wells he owns west of Henderson Texas. His assistant R C Cook was burned on hands and face. Both were brought to Henderson hospital. Bodenhamer remained conscious though severely burned.
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Henderson
Tex
O. L. Bodenhamer
American Legion
Here
Bodenhamer
Eldorado
Ark
R. C. Cook
Cook
Henderson Hospital
Gypsy Fortune Teller Swindles Cedar Falls Woman
Mrs. Esther Hollingsworth of Cedar Falls gave more than 200 dollars to fortune teller Madame Roscoe after wrapping money for a blessing. She left to fetch salt. upon return the package was swapped. The suspects fled in a Chevrolet sedan Ohio plate B 21 785 and a trailer with plate 5 031.
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Waterloo
Esther Hollingsworth
Cedar Falls
Madame Roscoe
Voters Search for Mattern Hindered by Fogs in Alaska
Weather bound by fog and low clouds for 24 hours slows a search for Jimmie Mattern the round the world flyer. Navy fliers Ex sign William A Moffett Jr and Lieut John West await better conditions to start a search from Patoka and a troop ship off the Pribilofs.
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Noma
Alaska
Navy
Priblofs
Jimmie Mattern
Patoka
Aleutians
William A. Moffett, Jr
Moffett
John West
Local notes include marriages licenses and city events
Rock Island and Muscatine residents appear in marriage licenses and weddings. Attendants named at First Presbyterian church ceremony. Police court fines, traffic collisions and hospital injuries reported. Visiting families, park picnics, and Century of Progress trips noted alongside council meetings and levee commission discussions.
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E. E. Yoder
Wellman
Rock Island
James A. Johnson
Mattie Hayes
Muscatine
Stella Wilson
Edgar B. Lewis
First Presbyterian Church
J. B. Rendall
Fred J. Gogele
Arguments Opened in Mitchell Tax Evasion Trial
Defense counsel Max D. Steur urged exoneration for Charles E. Mitchell former head of National City Bank in a New York federal trial. He cited Mitchells actions 1931 turning over assets to J P Morgan for collateral and 1930 gifts to his wife to cover interest on bank stock. The government alleges substantial net worth and tax avoidance. proceedings move toward jury verdicts after prosecutors prepare to summarize.
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New York
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
Max D. Steur
Steur
Mitchell
J. P. Morgan and Company
George Z. Meadlie
Alfred E. Smith
Henneker Divorce Petition Granted
Ruby Henneker was granted a divorce from Edward A. Henneker in district court on Saturday afternoon. The case was uncontested. Custody of their minor son Donald was awarded to Mrs. Henneker. They married on March 1, 1917.
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Ruby Henneker
Edward A. Henneker
Donald
Mello Glow Face Powder Advertises New French Process
The Batterson Store touts a fresh French process for Mello Glow face powder promising smooth skin and hidden wrinkles. Fragrance promised, with prices at 50 cents and one dollar tax free.
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Batterson Store
Floyd Named One of Killers At Union Station
Mrs. Lottie West, a travelers' aid worker, identified a photo of Charles Floyd as one of the machine gunners who attacked a party of four officers and their prisoner at Kansas City Union station. Floyd had been in the area Friday night after reportedly freeing Sheriff Killingsworth of Polk County. The station killings occurred shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday.
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Kansas City
Lottie West
Union Station
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Oklahoma
Wallace Names Another Assistant in Wheat Division
Secretary Wallace appointed Frank A. Theis of Kansas City Missouri as chief of the wheat processing and marketing division of the farm adjustment administration. Theis will work with William I. Westervelt of Chicago as director of processing of all commodities to coordinate with Prof. M. L. Wilson who handles production and farmer contacts.
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Washington
Wallace
Frank A. Theis
Kansas City
Farm Adjustment Administration
Theis
William I. Westervelt
Chicago
M. L. Wilson
Wilson
Fire Station No. 2 Reopens After Shift Suspension
Fire station No. 2 on Cherry street resumes full work schedule as city council ended a staggered system begun June 1. Firemen and policemen had operated under a rotating four week off policy, leaving the station abandoned during the period.
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Cherry Street
Hole-in-One by Homer Mueller at Geneva Golf Club
Homer Mueller, manager of the Hotel Muscatine, scored a hole in one on the 82 yard second hole at Geneva Golf and Country Club Sunday morning. He played with John Roach, Robert Roach, George Meerdink, Walter Molis, Stewart Narvis and Roy Kautz.
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Homer Mueller
Muscatine
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Mueller
John Roach
Robert Roach
George Meerdink
Walter Molis
Stewart Narvis
Roy Kautz
Rotary Education Program Highlights Club Responsibilities
Four Rotarians spoke at a luncheon education program for new members. R. E. Reuling discussed responsibilities to the club, W. E. Downer addressed responsibilities to vocation, A. J. Magnus spoke on responsibilities to the community, and Fred Beach covered responsibilities to Rotary International.
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R. E. Reuling
W. E. Downer
A. J. Magnus
Fred Beach
Rotary International
Ex-Dancer Flees Husband On Train Near Los Angeles
Helen Lee Worthing, once a Ziegfeld show performer, left an eastbound train near Pasadena last Thursday to avoid being sent away by her former husband, Eugene C Nelson, a Negro physician. She said she moved into a rented house a week earlier and was then told to leave, taking only 60 in her purse. She announced she would return to retrieve her belongings and to remedy the situation.
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Los Angeles
Helen Lee Worthing
Ziegfeld
Eugene C. " Nelson
Pasadena
Foreign diplomats press debt talks at State Department
France and Belgium ambassadors met Acting Secretary Phillips after firm U S stance against revising war debts owed by defaulting nations. Formal notes during the weekend reminded the two countries of their two overdue payments.
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State Department
Washington
America
France
Belgium
Phillips
Babe Ruth Ill After Heat Severs Play at Comiskey Park
Babe Ruth was ordered to bed today due to heat, missing the Yankees fourth game of the White Sox series while Lou Gehrig, also overheated, kept his consecutive game streak on the field. Sunday’s temperature near Comiskey Park hovered around 94 degrees, with higher heat expected.
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Chicago
Babe Ruth
Yankees
White Sox
Lou Gehrig
Comiskey Park
Nebraska War on Grasshoppers Expands in Four Counties
Governor Bryan authorized Agriculture Director Felton to contact Knox Boyd Holt and Keya Paha county officials about grasshopper control. The state will provide poison bran if commissioners pledge proper distribution. Vote coupons referenced in text.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Charles W. Bryan
D. C
Flashes of Life and Other Worldy News Bits
A chaotic collage reports Charles Miller, a jail trustee in Evanston, hitting a home run then captured by police. Swedish author Selma Lagerlof muses on aging of writers. Captain Bob Bartlett seeks Arctic adventure aboard the Effie M Morrissey, staying coy about location. In Morgantown a store fire, theft by a child, a train fall and a sleepwalking skull fracture culminate in hospitalization.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles Miller
Evanston
Morgantown
W. Va
Howard H. Carrico
Minister Final Sermon Before Six Month CCC Leave
Rev. A. E. Lack of Ziegler Memorial Lutheran church New Era spoke on priceless values in his final message before departing for Ft. Snelling Minnesota as a Civilian Conservation Corps officer. He'll be away six months returning December 22. He urged church groups to keep regular activities and an Augustana Theological professor will lead Sunday services during the absence.
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A. E. Lack
Ziegler
Stamp Notes Sent to Western Iowa
Des Moines treasurer Leo J Wegman sent 10000 in stamp notes to Pottawattamie county for unemployment and poor relief. The notes will be issued to deserving residents in exchange for county or municipal labor. Pottawattamie is the fourth county to adopt the Zylstra bill scrip plan behind Polk, Cass and Winneshiek. Water
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Des Moines
Leo J. Wegman
Pottawattamie County
Polk
Cass
Winneshiek
Hopkins Announces Emergency Grants Totalling Millions
Five emergency relief grants totaling 8 639 168 were announced by Harry L Hopkins emergency relief administrator. Connecticut Illinois New Mexico Vermont and Nebraska receive sums with Illinois and New Mexico previously funded. Grants follow a 1 to 3 federal to state match.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Connecticut
Ilinois
New Mexico
Vermont
Nebraska
Illinois
Harriman
New York
Joseph W. Harriman
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
Albert M. Austin
William Bondy
Dunlap Triumphs in British Amateur Golf Round
George Dunlap Jr., leading US entrant, defeated Irish amateur Joseph Gerry four and three to advance in the British amateur championship at Hoylake. Sandy Somerville of Canada beat D H R Martin four and three to join Dunlap in the third round. John De Forest, defending champion, lost in an overtime 20th hole to G D Hannay.
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Hoylake
Eng
George Dunlap
United States
Joseph Gerry
Dunlap
C. Ross
Sandy) Somerville
D. H. R. Martin
Oxford
John de Forest
G. D. Hannay
Woking
de Forest
English Lord Weds Hat Check Girl In Reno Marriage
English lord Christian Arthur Wellesley fourth Earl of Cowley marries former hat check girl Mary Elsie Himes in Reno Nevada. The couple plan to reside there after a divorce decree for Cowley's prior marriage. Lady Cowley, 26, recently worked as a hat check girl at a road house near Reno. The ceremony was at the home of Cowley’s attorney.
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Reno, Nev
Christian Arthur Wellesley
Earl of Cowley
Mary Elsie Himes
Reno
Lord Cowley
Arthur Wellesley
Lady Cowley
May Pickard
New York
Journal Issues Centennial Copy of Muscatine History
The Journal prepares a centennial edition featuring views of Muscatine from a century ago and historical data from old files and directories. Residents contributed material while advertisers may reserve space by Wednesday night and readers may order extra copies as print run is limited.
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Muscatine
Journal Advertising Office
Jesup Bank Robbed Again by Lone Bandit
In Jesup Iowa at about 1 50 pm a lone bandit robbed Jesup State Bank of a small amount from the till while forcing Assistant Cashier C E Stewart and another employee into the vault. He escaped east on highway 20 in a Ford with two others waiting outside. The suspect, age 30 to 35, wore ordinary clothes a straw hat and yellow glasses.
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Jesup
Highway 20
C. E. Stewart
Stewart
James Zahn
Vote Con Recover Bodies of Plane Crash Victims
Bodies recovered from a plane wreck at Big Bear Lake include Harry Sweet Hollywood director Vera Williams film extra and Hal Davitt screenwriter. The plane owned by Sweet collapsed in a dive after departing Los Angeles. Also noted is the death of Congressman Bolivar Kemp of Louisiana at Amite.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Harry Sweet
Vera Williams
Hal Davitt
Big Bear Lake
E. L. Stanfield
Sweet
8 Loseles
New Orleans
Bolivar Kemp
Louisiana
Amite
Washington
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Ndon
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William Schoenig
Washington Street
Oelwein
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West Lucas Street
George Volger
Iowa Avenue
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Leslie
W. E. Ruthenberg
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Rockingham Road
James Trader
H. H. Horst
E. T. Morley
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A. J. Carnefix
Yvonne
George B. Mark
Cedar Street
Betty Mark
Mrs. Mark
Sigourney
Mark
Roy Glass
Glass Smart Shop
St. Louis
First Friends Ladies’ Aid Society
Buttons
Marie Fawcett
Lillian Ricket
Clifford Fawcett
Rose Emerson
Mount Vernon
L. S. Penrose
East Fourth Street
New York City
Wisconsin
Travis
Ohio
East Seventh Street
L. D. Krueger
Mildred Wigim
Charlotte Rosenthal
Albert Levin
Hershey Hospital
Fred Bloomer
Betty Baker
Mulberry Avenue
Lloyd Toborg
Bloomer
Toberg
Stewart Road
Ida Koehler
Bellevue Hospital
Dorothy Sullivan
Margaret Howe
East Eighth Street
Henneker
Floyd
Kansas City Station
Sec. Wallace
Flays
Follies
Beauty Plains
Ats
Stockholm
Selma Lagerlof
Bob
Bob Bartlett
Effie M. Morrissey
Bette
Bette Davis
Hollywood
Miss Davis
New Era
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Geo. Kranz & Son
Iowa Ave
American Star
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