Sully and Galesburg News from Vander Beek Center
Weekly visit reports Sully business optimism sparked by Tone Vander Beek and a new Galesburg correspondent Agnes Van Rheenen. Highlights include Vander Beek’s diversified service station hatchery and future expansion, NRA views, local police speed vigilance, and community notes on the Ver Steeg telephone exchange and Gerrit Vis artwork.
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Galesburg
Henry van Rheenen
Agnes
van Rheenen
Sully
Tone van
Vander Beek
Pearl Luella
Abraham Hubert
Verna Jean
Sylvia Mae
Abraham
Pella
Kaldenberg
Geenen
K. B. Ver Steeg
Ver Steeg
K. B
NRA
Gerrit Vis
Hold Your Man Sizzler Heads to Princess Theatre Oskaloosa Sun
New Harlow Gable MGM feature Hold Your Man opens at the Princess Theatre in Oskaloosa for four days starting Sunday Aug 20 with a midnight show. The film showcases reform school settings with bungalow dormitories and modern treatment aids, featuring Jean Harlow in denim uniforms amid rivalries as Clark Gable drives the plot.
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Man
New
Princess Theatre
Oskaloosa Sun
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Jean Harlow
Clark Gable
Oskaloosa
Wheat Plan Applies to Farms With No 1933 Crop
Marion County wheat growers who did not plant this year may join the government wheat plan to share in 1934 and 1935 benefits but not for the 1983 crop. Eligible must sign this fall, agree to cut 1934 and 1935 acreage, not exceed 20 percent of their 3 year average, and meet 1933 allotment yields to receive full 1934 1935 payments.
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Marion County
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Brown
Secretary of Agriculture
Former Chariton Boy Is Forced To Drive Bandit Car
Edwin Stone a former Chariton youth and Simpson college student hitchhiked to Indianola when two men in Knoxville stopped and forced him to drive their car toward Council Bluffs at high speed. They ordered him to continue to Council Bluffs and robbed him of $10 before releasing him. Stone reported the incident to Council Bluffs police. the suspects remain at large.
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Chariton
Edwin Stone
Knoxville
Council Juff
Edwin
E. L. Stone
Methodist Church
Simpson College
Indianola
Knoville
Stone
Council Bluffs
Three Ottumwa Banks Freed and Resume Operations
The state banking department released SF No.111 on Monday indicating three Ottumwa banks have been freed and may resume normal operations. The First Bank & Trust Co and South Ottumwa Savings set no date for old deposits payment while Farmers & Merchants plans to reopen unrestricted and in a strong cash position.
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Ottumwa
Senate
S. F. No
State Banking Department
First Bank & Trust Co
South Ottumwa
Banks report improved condition after closing
Officers of three banks report their affairs are in better condition than when the banks closed during the banking holiday in March. Depositors are expected to receive their full claims as funds allow, marking a cautious recovery note in the financial scene.
Barney Oldfield Returns to Drive at State Fair
Des Moines reports Barney Oldfield, famed speedway maestro, signs with the State Fair of Reials after fifteen years out of competition to chase a new world speed record. He will not drive his Golden Submarine but instead pilot the Allis-Chalmers World's Regard Tractor, an account notes.
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Des Moines
Barney Oldfield
State Fair of
Reials
Barney
Allis-Chalmers
Iron Plow Horse Turns Race Horse at Milwaukee Fair
Ripley's Believe It or Not notes a tractor at Milwaukee State Fair Park on June 18 setting an official AAA World Record by averaging 35.405 mph over a five mile course. Goodyear air tires enabled field plowing at six mph and the speed feat. The first Iowa tractor race will be held at the Iowa State Fair on August 31 with Barney Oldfield and others aiming to break the record.
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Ripley’s
Milwaukee State Fair Park
Goodyear
Iowa
Iowa State Fair
Barney Oldfield
Druggists Favor Liberal Code In NRA Retailers Mix
Des Moines Iowa druggists passed a resolution opposing inclusion of drug stores in the temporary blanket code for retailers. The 750 members signed by 25 leaders and sent to NRA officials in Washington urged a more liberal code citing hospital physician needs and round-the-clock compounding and dispensing. The meeting led by Carl Weeks endorsed a 54 hour week and the right to charge 33 percent above invoice price for drugs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
NRA
Washington
Carl Weeks
Armand Company
Drug Institute of America
Invoke Ordinance On Selling Goods After 10 Sunday
Indianola Record reports grocers and other food dealers were violating the Sunday purchase ban by selling after 10 am. Mayor N D Gordon convened a meeting where 19 dealers pledged to comply. No groceries may be sold on Sundays after 10 am except milk bread ice and meat in limited stock at filling stations and uptown stores.
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Indianola
N. D. Gordon
Peeping in Bedrooms Leads to Mystery Exporter Revelation
A conversation reveals a man nicknamed Bo who has been swinging from trees and peering into bedrooms. He explains to Sam that he is an exporter recently fired by the Pullman company, describing his odd antics as part of his work or persona. The scene hints at a puzzling figure and a surprising job claim.
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NRA
Vander Beek
Africa
Cleveland
Tarzan
Treat
Sam
Bo—Yassah
Pullman Company
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Sally
Tone Vander Beek
Thurstar
A. P. Vander Beek
Lynnville
Searshoro
Vander Beck
Case
G. Kruseman
Kruseman Hardware
Arie van Arkel
Thion
United Paint and Body Co
Harlow
Bandit
Freed
Charley Chase
Metrotone
News
Ohio
Audi
Tor’s
County Yard
Gerald W. Paardekooper
Ray Hoksbergen
Orner Square
Prionapalisa
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