Older Boys and Girls Elect 10 Officers in Tri County Meet
Officers elected at the fourth session of the tri county conference held at the First Methodist Episcopal church include Muscatine county leaders Mildred Snider president and Harriet Baker secretary. Cedar County officers Clare Nethergall president Virginia Sherwood vice president Francis echt secretary treasurer. Cotter Glen Quigley vice president. Morning Sun Alice Talbot secretary treasurer. Plans for a 1931 assembly began despite attendance drop from Friday due to bad weather and ad content.
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Muscatine
Louisa
Cedar Counties
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Muscatine County
Mildred Snider
Lester Bill
Sweetland
Harriet Baker
Gil Miller
Cedar County
Clare Nethergall
Tipton
Virginia Sherwood
Muscatine Division
Toyland Opens In Muscatine Stores As Lights Go On
Toyland opens in Muscatine with dolls coaster wagons sleds trains horns and more on display in downtown stores. Holiday lights will be turned on at 5 pm this evening after earlier completion allowed the switch-on ahead of schedule.
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Muscatine
Toyland
Doctors to Meet. Films Shown in Muscatine County
Two films prepared by the American College of Surgeons will be shown at the Muscatine County Medical Association meeting Tuesday night at the Hotel Muscatine. Dr. E L Emerson secretary announced. A dinner will precede the meeting at 6 30 PM.
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American College of Surgeons
Muscatine County
Irene Gives Clothes to Sister for Sewing Help
Irene plans to donate old clothes to her poor sister who will sew in return. The note reflects a family barter arrangement with a simple domestic task in exchange.
Wilt Resistant Melons Displayed In Iowa Plan
Three new wilt resistant watermelons shown at the Conesville experiment plot include Pride of Muscatine Iowa King and Iowa Belle in round and long types. A state wide association meeting at Muscatine State bank will discuss seed production distribution and grower supervision. Dr I E Melhus R H Porter and D V Layton will attend along with a report on 1930 experiments.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Conesville
Muscatine
Iowa
Iowa Belle
Muscatine State Bank
I. E. Melhus
R. H. Porter
D. V. Layton
Botany Department
Muscatine Island
Prohibition leaders debate national referendum strategy
Washington AP reports leaders of the prohibition forces consider backing a constitutional amendment proposal to repeal or modify the eighteenth amendment. Plans would last until Congress reviews the measure and state conventions decide, though leaders split on the approach with critics calling it betrayal. Discussions continue in Washington and New York into December.
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Washington
Weto
Congress
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
New York
Mercury Rises 30 Degrees Will Fall Again
Morning in Muscatine reports a 30 degree temperature rise from overnight to 34 degrees as a glaze of ice forms on streets and sidewalks. Fine rain froze, causing slips and abrasions to pedestrians until late morning.
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King Winter
Moore Named Senior Councillor in De Molay District 3
William Moore, former G A Reinicke chapter leader, elected senior councillor of De Molay district No 3 at Burlington convention. Ralph Mills steps down. Fritz Belcher of Davenport becomes master councillor for six months. Donald Eyestone, Grayson Garrison, and Louis Pasci assigned as junior councillor scribe and treasurer respectively.
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William Moore
G. A. Reinicke
Order of de Molay
Grayson Garrison
Burlington
Louis Pasci
Clinton
Tubbs Taken to Anamosa by Parole Officer
Parole officer Oscar Meade escorted Louis Tubbs to Anamosa this morning after his arrest on a breaking and entering charge. Tubbs, who previously served time at Anamosa in 1927, faces an indeterminate sentence. He allegedly entered Fuhrman grocery stealing about $10, then Ratcliff restaurant for two turkeys and cash, and later tried Lewin grocery and Mackenzie cleaning establishment before police apprehension.
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Louis Tubbs
Anamosa
Oscar Meade
Tubbs
Fred B. Nesper
Fuhrman
Ratcliff
Lewin
Mackenzie
Hoover Pushes World Court Amid Senate Decision
President Hoover, discarding party leaders, says adherence to the world court rests with the Senate this session. He warns against using the issue to block an extra session. Senator Watson of Indiana opposes immediate submission. Senator Borah, head of the Foreign Relations Committee, plans to bring it to committee.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Prince of Wales praised by Hollywood crowd for Bobby Jones remark
In Hollywood a Thanksgiving audience hailed the Prince of Wales for saying the English find a reason to give thanks as Bobby Jones retires from competitive golf. He also hosted a free restaurant event giving a turkey dinner to 5,000 people before gangsters stole 1,000 dressed turkeys, the lowest trick yet recorded.
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Hollywood
Calif
Prince of Wales
London
Bobby Jones
Death claims noted Iowan Edward H Cunningham
Edward H Cunningham, longtime Iowa farmer and leader in farm movements, died Friday in the Treasury Building after a heart attack. He served as the "dirt farmer" member of the federal reserve board since 1923, and his death ends a storied career in agriculture and rural reform.
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Washington
Edward H. Cunningham
Iowa
Cunningham
Federal Reserve Board
Stoen
Treasury Building
Howard
Reserve Board
Charles E. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm
Brother-in-Law of Mrs Magnus Dies in Everett
John B Kilbourne of Denton Montana died suddenly at his sister’s home in Everett Washington on Sunday. He was a brother-in-law of Mrs A J Magnus of 518 Leroy Street and had visited Muscatine on prior occasions, leaving acquaintances there.
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John B. Kilbourne
Denton
Mont
Will McAllister
Everett
Wash
Mr. Kilbourne
A. J. Magnus
Leroy Street
Doak Selected as Labor Secretary by Hoover
President Hoover appoints William N. Doak of Virginia to the cabinet post left by James J. Davis in a move said to defend equal opportunity in office. The announcement follows William Green of the AFL urging the post be filled from outside the federation.
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Washington
Hoover
American Federation of Labor
James J. Davis
William N. Doak
Virginia
William Green
Federation
Wilson Holds Record
Washington AP notes cabinet service records. William N Doak of Virginia is appointed secretary of labor, while James Wilson of Iowa previously held the record as a cabinet member for 16 years from 1897 to 1918. Albert Gallatin served 18 years as secretary of the treasury from 1801 to 1814. Following James J Davis resignation, Secretary Mellon becomes third-longest serving, a status shared with Davis.
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Washington
William N. Doak
Virginia
James Wilson
Iowa
Wilson
Agriculture
Albert Gallatin
Pennsylvania
the Treasury
James J. Davis
Mellon
Davis
Open and Equal Opportunity in Public Office Debate
Within his organization the chief executive was charged with upholding open and equal opportunity in public appointments. Green expressed disappointment for federation officers yet avoided predicting whether opposition would pursue a senate confirmation battle. Doak serves as legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Rail.
Noted Prelate Griswold Dies After Illness in Evanston
Bishop Sheldon Munson Griswold of the Chicago diocese dies at 69 in an Evanston hospital after a prolonged illness. He served as bishop cocoadjutor and led the diocese for years though illness limited his active duties. The Rev George Craig Stewart, bishop coadjutor, is named to succeed him. Funeral details to be announced.
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Chicago
Sheldon Munson Griswold
Episcopal Church
Evanston
George Craig Stewart
Griswold
Aear
Charles Palmerston Anderson
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Lost Aviatrix Feared Dead in Havana Miami Flight
Australian aviatrix Mrs J M Keith Miller vanished after taking off from Havana bound for Miami at 9 11 am Friday. Six search planes scoured the gulf and Florida keys for hours with no trace of the aircraft or pilot amid rough weather and a poorly conditioned plane. Friends in Havana blame themselves for not stopping her as fear and bravado clashed with danger.
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Homer E. Knoblaugrh
Associated Prese Staff Corres
Associated Press
Havana
J. M. Keith Miller
Miami
Gulf
Florida Keys
Keith Miller
Pittsburgh
Football final scores and first-half results
Detroit defeats Georgetown 12 to 6 with a 12 point edge. In the first half George Washington 0 Navy 0. In the first quarter Town State leads Loyola 7 to 7.
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Detroit
Georgetown
George Washington
Navy
Town State
Loyola
Rural Schools Beat Old Attendance Records Across Townships
County superintendent E. D. Bradley unveiled a new attendance record chart showing towns surpassing 90 percent for the full school year. Bloomington leads at 94.4 percent, with Stockton 93.6, Fulton 93.1, and Wilton 92.9 as top districts among seven to nine schools each.
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E. D. Bradley
Court House
Bloomingtonship
Stockton
Fulton
Wilton
Lake
Moscow
Goshen
Sweetland
Wapsin
Woman Writes Her Own Obituary in Final Weeks
Approaching 92, Martha Negus Tomlinson wrote her obituary as she felt her days were few. She died at home on Mulberry Avenue earlier this week, with funeral set for Friday. Born January 8, 1839 near New Garden Ohio, she was the daughter of West and Thomson Negus and married Isaac Tomlinson in 1861 at New Lisbon, Ohio.
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Martha Negus Tomlinson
Mulberry Avenue
Negus
Muscatine
West Liberty
M. N. Bond
Bishop Dowling Dies at St Paul
Bishop Dowling of the St Paul diocese died at 11 15 a m today after a month long illness from a heart ailment. He had suffered the condition for several years and passed away at the hospital in St Paul.
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Bishop Dowling
St. Paul
Unsettled Iowa Weather Brings Snow chance East Central
Weather bulletin notes unsettled conditions across Iowa with rain likely in the east and central tonight turning to snow. Snow may affect the extreme west tonight with colder air spreading south and west. Colder conditions expected Sunday and again midweek with slight warming Tuesday.
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Iowa
Notre Dame Edges Army 7–6 in Rain-Soggy Thriller
Notre Dame defeated Army 7 to 6 at Soldier Field in a soggy battle. Marchmont Schwartz delivered a 53 yard fourth quarter run and Carideo’s place kick provided the deciding score after Army’s failed extra point attempt.
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Soldier Field
Chicago
Notre Dame
Army
Marchmont Schwartz
Carideo
Irish
West
Mahoney
O'Connor
Salkats
Polly Humbert
Jask
Jask Army
Humbert
Fields
Towns
Carver
Nick against extra session continues on page eight
The article continues a debate on whether Nick supports or opposes an extra session. Details from page eight remain unclear but indicate ongoing partisan discussion and potential legislative plans.
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Claude Callan
Synai Copyright
Moore
de Molay Club
Parolle
Yours
E. H. Cunningham
Magnus
Doak
Knute Rockne
Schwartz
Rockne
Tilt
Nick
Hetry Robert Quillen
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