Senate Moves to Probe New York Stock Exchange
Washington reports the senate banking and currency committee will open a Monday investigation into NYSE trading amid fears of a 1 billion dollar raiding pool. subpoenas demand Whitney reveal short selling records and foreign links to bear raids and gold standard pressures.
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New York Stock Exchange
Brookhart
Washington
INS
Senate
New York — Stock Exchange
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
New York
Stock Exchange
Hoover
Europe
Paris
Richard Whitney
Whitney
Otters Suspected in Sheep Slaughter Near Du Quoin
In Du Quoin Illinois trappers and local sportsmen believe otters killed or mauled a large number of sheep on James Runch's farm. Forty five sheep were killed and forty injured in one night with throats slit, suggesting otter involvement rather than dogs.
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DU Quoin
Ill
James Runch
Agreement Reported as Shanghai Peace Move Not Confirmed
Reports from Shanghai claim Japan arranged a peace settlement with Chinese nationalist government officials, bypassing local negotiators, while Shanghai armistice talks stall and risk collapse. In Manchuria a dynamite plot to blow the Sungari river bridge thwarted a Chinese Eastern railway express. a Russian bridge chief’s body was found nearby.
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Shanghat
INS
Japan
Shanghai
Harbin
Manchuria
Sungari River
Chinese Eastern Railway
Chanechuy
Mission Conference at United Presbyterian Church
The laymen Missionary movement of Chicago arranges an interdenominational informal conference on Sunday at 2:30 in the parlor of the United Presbyterian church. Rev. J Mills Taylor D D will lead the meeting. All lay men of local churches are invited.
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Laymen Missionary Movement of
Chicago
United Presbyterian Church
J. Mills Taylor D. D
Cooking School Opens Tuesday for Washington Women
Mrs. Nancy Rowe leads a Journal cooking school at the State theater with a stage kitchen demonstration on efficient kitchen setup and smart food buying. Sessions start Tuesday at 2 PM with doors opening at 1 PM and include printed recipes and gifts. all housekeepers and even men are invited.
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Nancy Rowe
The
Journal
Washington
Lindbergh baby case focus shifts to Canada and U S gangs
Reports say crack sleuths in Canada pursuing Harry Fleischer former Detroit Purple Gang head and Abie Wagner NY gangster in connection with the Lindbergh kidnapping and a Detroit massacre. Michigan police hunt Fleischer while Hopewell and Norfolk intermediaries await word amid raised ransom talks. Charles F Cord of North Arlington visited the Lindbergh home.
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Trenton
N. J
INS
Canada
Harry Fleischer
Detroit
Fleischer
Abie Wagner
New York
Michigan State Police
Hopewell
Norfolk
Lind
Lindburgh
Boy wins silver cup for shooting aggIe at school
Kansas City pupil earns a silver loving cup after accurate shoots during a school contest. More than 4 000 entries have been tabulated in preliminaries.
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Kansas City
Oil Concern Is Accused by Fletcher
Des Moines April 9 The Mona Motor Oil Company of Council Bluffs and officials are accused by Attorney General John Fletcher of evading gasoline taxes totaling about 13 200. Informations allege false reports and a conspiracy to defraud the state with 50 cars of gasoline totaling over 400 000 gallons and improper bills of lading misclassifying gasoline as non taxable petroleum lubricating oil.
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Des Moines
Tax
Mona Motor Oil Company
Council Bintfs
Fticers
John Fletcher
Fletcher
Council Bluffs
Washington Y swimmers travel to Cedar Rapids meet
James Campbell Horace Allen and Charles Owen represent the Washington Y in the state YMCA swimming meet in Cedar Rapids. Campbell competes in the 20 and 40 yard free style Allen in fancy diving and 40 yard free style Owen in the 100 yard freestyle. Preliminaries are this afternoon with finals tonight. coach Edwin Griffith and driver Ralph Kleese accompany the entries.
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James Campbell
Horace Allen
Charles Owen
Washington “Y
Cedar Rapids
Edwin Griffith
Ralph Kleese
Fleming Burial Set for Monday in Lexington
Funeral services for F. M. Fleming of near Wellman are scheduled for 2:30 Monday at the Lexington Methodist church, with burial in Lexington cemetery. He died at 10:30 this morning at his daughter Mrs. W A Patterson’s home, three and a half miles south of Wellman. a Civil War veteran aged 87. He was born January 3, 1845, and lived sixty years on the farm where he died. Survived by daughters Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Gertrude Tipton, Mrs. G C Timmins, and Mrs. Laura Longwell. son L E Fleming, plus other relatives.
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F. M. Memning
Wellman
Lexington
Mr. Fleming
W. A Patterson
Francis Marion Fleming
John
Sarah Fleming
Zerilda Elizabeth Gardner
W. A. Patterson
Gertrude Tipton
G. C. Timmins
Near Wellman
L. &E. Fleming
Laura Longwell
Washington
Marble Tournament Contests Planned for Local Venue
Readable text notes contests for a marble tournament to be staged here during the next two months. The snippet mentions local organizing efforts and timing but lacks participant names or exact dates.
Theater Party for 25 Girls at State Theater
State theater manager Ralph Pratt and Ben Lyon will host a theater party next Thursday for twenty five girls chosen from the Washington popularity contest. Names will be announced Wednesday in the Evening Journal after votes from Monday and Tuesday.
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State Theater
Ralph Pratt
Ben Lyon
Evening Journal
Washington
Pratt
Ben [Lyon
Rivening Journal
Forger’s Game Deals With Doctors and Cars in Washington
A man passing bad checks signed with doctors’ names targeted Washington Davenport Sigourney Grinnell, offering deposits for autos. He used a Davenport address, wore a red mustache, and drove a Wisconsin-licensed car. In Sigourney he travelled with a woman and child. in Washington he cashed two checks for about twelve dollars, leaving a third bad note. The scheme centered on auto purchases with doctored checks from nearby banks.
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Sigourney
Rinnell
B. H. Heald
Wm. (. Sayre
Grinnell
C. A. Boice
Wastton
Heald
Keokuk County
Sayre
Grinnell State Bank
Boice
Washington National Bank
R. BE. Rogers
Robert BH. Rogers Agency
RE. KB. Rogers
Davenport
Wisconsin
Ogden Mills as treasurer under heated budget talk
Beverly Hills notes Mills praised by Jack Garner as capable and conscientious while Congress bases 1932 budget on public expectations. The writer recalls Hawks injury but hospital says not dangerous and comments on a pilot once deemed dull.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Ogden Mills
Alexander Hamilton
Jack Garner
Mills
Congress
Charity Ball Net Brings $388 for Washington Need
The charity ball at city hall last evening raised 388 after expenses for lunch chairs and other costs. Doors brought in 37 paid admissions from 128 attendees. The Washington band provided the program noted as outstanding.
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Washington Band
Jerry Wolf
Joe Melinskie
Junch
Fhe
Two Iowans Die Under Tractors in Farm Incidents
In Ames Hazel Black 38 died when her dress caught in a tractor and dragged her beneath the machine on the George Briley farm while Ward Pontius guided the tractor from the yard. In Adel Ed Mullins 63 was fatally injured when a moving tractor ran over him while removing cornstalks on a nearby farm.
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Ames
Hazel Black
George Briley
Ward Pontius
Adel
Ed Mullins
Here
Archeological Survey Planned for Boone County Missouri
Mapping work begins in Boone County under Professor Jesse F. Wrench of the University of Missouri history department. The project aims to chart an archaeological map of Missouri with surveys planned nationwide across all counties.
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Missouri
Columbia
Boone County
Jesse F. Wrench
University of Missouri History Department
Mrs Burham Taken By Death In Dutch Creek Township
Mrs Nancy Jane Burham wife of George Burham of 750 East Third street died shortly before noon today after a period of illness Funeral services are set for 2 30 Monday afternoon at L A Jones funeral home with Dr S P Telford in charge She was born in Dutch Creek township in 1860 to John Cox and Frances J Hornish and had been ill for some time.
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Nancy Jane Burham
George Burham
East Third Street
L. A. Jones
S. P. Telford
Burhan
Dutch Creek Township
John Cox
Frances J. Hornish
Rogers Registered But Did Not Occupy Room
The report notes Rogers registered but did not occupy his room and cashed a $5.42 check bearing the name of a Sigourney doctor.
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Rogers
Sigourney Doctor
Hoover and Committee Seek Major Federal Pay Cuts
After a 2.5 hour White House session, President Hoover and the House Economy Committee moved toward a $200 million budget reduction. A key topic is cutting federal workers' pay with the committee proposing an 11 percent payroll cut after a $1,000 exemption, while Hoover favors a salary cut for all earning over $1,800 and would trim his own $75,000 pay.
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Washington
INS
Hoover
Administration
House Economy Committee
White House
House Committee
Economy Committee
Rainey Attacks Cash Bonus Plan in Congress
Washington April 9 Rep Henry T Rainey of Illinois Democratic leader launched a drive against the proposed cash payment of the soldiers bonus He argued the inflation plan would cancel 25 to 30 million dollars of European debts The white haired Illinois veteran long viewed as an ultra progressive in Congress called Patman Texas plan disastrous for the country.
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Washington
INS
Henry T. Rainey
Ilinois
House
Congress
Patman
Texas
Ex-convict Tosses Horseshoe Through Jewelry Shop Window
Joseph Frazier aged 48, recently released on parole, aimed a horseshoe at a Chicago jewelry shop window. He grabbed two rings and seven watches before a police officer arrived on the scene.
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Chicago
Joseph Frazier
College Play Places Third in State Contest
The Washington junior college troupe earned third place at the state junior college play contest in Iowa City performing The Miser. Cast members were Berne Enslin Mary Pauls George Jones and Henry Carris. The event drew eight schools including Burlington Maquoketa Mason City Sheldon Creston Muscatine and Mt. Mercy Cedar Rapids.
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Washington Junior College
Iowa City
Berne Enslin
Mary Pauls
George Jones
Henry Carris
Ruth Cunningsham
Lucille Knox
C. 8. Williams
Burlington Junior College
A. A. Milne
Creston Junior College
Ruth Gierloff
Sara Sherman Pryor
Grinnell College
Burlington
Maquoketa
Mason City
Sheldon
Creston
Muscatine
Washington
Mt. Mercy
Cedar Rapids
Prayer
Middle-West
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