Des Moines Gang War Turmoil Tied to Bootlegging Hijack
Police investigate a Des Moines bootlegging feud that involved Chicago gangsters and a $4000 hijack. Jimmie Dickerson, detained by police, and partner Jack Harris were wounded in a gunfight with Clarence Campbell, a Chicago gangster, as officers stopped further firing. Harris remained critical after abdominal wounds. Campbell underwent surgery.
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Des Moines
U.P
Chicago
Jimmie Dickerson
Dickerson
Jack Harris
Clarence Campbell
Campbell
Harris
County Students Tour Court House Readying State Visit
Fourteen Washington county high school students chosen as best citizens toured the county courthouse on Saturday. A. B Baldrige Henry Bailey and Col. C. J. Wilson led the group through offices with brief explanations. Names of students from St Marys Riverside Crawfordville Kalona and others listed. A May trip to Des Moines to inspect state offices is planned with Governor Hammill conducting.
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Washington County
County Court House
A. B Baldrige
Henry Bailey
Col. C. J. Wilson
Washington Post
American Legion
Wellman
West Chester
Washington
George Jones
Verna Palmer
St. Mary's High School
Riverside
Francis Baschmagle
Magdelen Walsh
Riverside Independent High School
Barbara Bauer
Esther Lindenmeyer
Crawfordville
Trevor Davis
Louise Barnes
Brighton
Carl Woehlman
Ronald Heyde
Kalona
Loyd Hershberger
Leona West
Ainsworth
Marguerite Scranton
Helen Ravenold
Des Voines
Hammill
Mr and Mrs Walker Relocate After Newt on Job
Mr and Mrs Hubert Walker returned Saturday from Newton Iowa where Mr Walker accepted a position. He will return to Newton while Mrs Walker remains home and plans to move her belongings to Newton where a house has been rented for late this week.
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Hubert Walker
Newton
Iowa
Americans Fearless Gunmen Shocks Scotland Yard Veteran
Sir Wynham Childs, veteran Scotland Yard detective, says American gunmen show no fear and rely on easy gun access. He questions whether flogging or any English deterrent would deter such criminals and notes the difficulty in tracing weapons.
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Sir Wynham
England
United States
Census figures show Iowa population near prior decade
Reports from 136 census divisions of Iowa list a total population of 103 950 this year compared with 104 544 ten years ago. Rural areas shrink while urban districts grow with Washington rising from 4 288 to 4 807. An AP error overstated Washington losses, later corrected by Des Moines Journal.
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Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Ilowa
Washington
WOT
Ames
Associated Press
Wahington
Albia
Sheldon
Journal
News Service
Fire breaks out at Richardson home in South Avenue C
Mrs Harve Richardson found the ceiling and wall in flames in her front room this afternoon around 2 o clock likely from an overheated stove. The fire department arrived quickly and extinguished the blaze. The elderly woman is being assisted by neighbors. Years ago her former home burned after a muddy delay by the fire crew.
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Harve Richardson
South Avenue C
Bandits Sack Kingsuchen In Kiangsui Province
Bandits sacked and burned the northern Kiangsui city of Kingsuchen injuring about 1,000 and capturing another 1,000. The raid involved around 100 horsemen armed with machine guns and modern weapons. Officials were killed, residents harmed, and the town set afire before the raiders fled. Famine drives bandits across provinces near the Yangtse river, with Kiangsu normally quiet.
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Peiping
China
Kingsuchen
Kiangsui
Kiangsu
Yangtse
Nanking
Shanghai
Eclipse Seen Here Despite Obscuring Clouds
Washington County residents witnessed a solar eclipse as low clouds limited visibility. The moon's shadow swept across the nation at speeds over 1200 miles per hour, with San Francisco turning on electric lights by 10 40 A M. The event was especially visible in northwestern California Nevada and Montana.
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Washington County
United States
San Francisco
California
Nevada
Montana
Radio Census Report Is Incorrect Locally
Washington citizens dispute a widely circulated census claim that the town lost population in ten years. The AP figures listed 4087 residents, but the corrected count shows 4807, a gain of about ten percent.
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Washington
Iowa
Associate Press
Associated Press
Italians Win 2500 Lira Reward For Most Children
In Florence the shoemaker Giulio Martinuzzi on and Emilio Quarystri the municipal crossing watchman were named winners in Mussolini's more children campaign. Each received 50 000 lire for having at least four children born between Oct 28 1923 and Oct 28 1929.
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Florence
Italy
U.P
Mussolini
Giulio Martinuzzion
Emilio Quarystri
Dupius Family Weekend in Des Moines
Mr and Mrs Will Dupius and daughter Ruth visited Des Moines this weekend to stay at the Harry Dicker son home. Mr and Mrs Dickerson have just purchased a fine home on James Street.
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Will Dupius
Ruth
Des Moines
Harry Dickerson
Mrs. Dickerson
United States Church Membership Grows in 1929
The Christian Herald census shows U S churches added about 300000 members in 1929, a drop from 1928’s million gain. Methodist Episcopal losses of 25000 mark first post Civil War decline. overall Methodist groups down 2440. Catholic growth slowed, total church membership reaches 50006566 from 49706147.
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United States
New York
U.S
The
Christian Herald
Methodist Episcopal Church
Louise Nichols Dies Resident Here
Word came today of the death of Mrs. Louise Nichols aged 78 at the Chicago home of her daughter Stella Bartle. The body will be brought here for burial with services likely Wednesday morning. She was widow of Henry Nichols and left a family of seven children including Effie Fern Hattie Homer Harry and Stella.
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Louise Nichols
Stella Bartle
Chicago
Nichols
Henry Nichols
Pauline Darbyshire Places In State Spelling Contest
Pauline Darbyshire, daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Darbyshire of Marion township, placed 20th in the state spelling contest in Des Moines. She attends Shiloh school, taught by Miss Elsie Wagner. Indestructible beat her. Helen Jensen of Council Bluffs earned first place and will compete in Washington DC with a ten day tour of the capital. This marks Pauline’s second year in the state contest, last year she placed 5th and won $5. She was accompanied by her teacher and by Mrs Winnie Palmer, superintendent of schools.
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Pauline Darbyshire
Will Darbyshire
South of Town
Des Moines
Shiloh School
Marion Township
Elsie Wagner
Helen Jensen
Council Bluffs
Pauline
Miss Wagner
Winnie Palmer
Move Planned for May Day on 48th Street
The note states a relocation on 48th Street will take effect the first of May. It mentions a moving date and location but lacks names or organizations.
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48Th Street
Prison Mutiny Unfolds as Warden Masses Forces
In Columbus Ohio April 28 1937 prison officials led by Deputy Warden J C Woodard with 200 policemen moved into the penitentiary to isolate ring leaders of a mutiny. Warden Thomas pledged to suppress the uprising while preparing guards and National Guards troops with tear bombs and riot guns for possible force.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Penitentiary
J. C. Woodard
U.P
P. E. Thomas
Harry Paul
Dinner meeting on junior college to be held at Y M C A
Invitations went out to over a hundred parents for a dinner and meeting this evening at 6 30 in the community room of the Y M C A. The event, sponsored by the Rotary and Y's Men clubs, aims to support Washington Junior College and encourage parental interest.
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Washington Junior College
Rotary
Y's
De Molay Clubs To Hold Dance Tuesday
De Molay clubs in Washington and Wellman plan a dance at Oakwood pavilion Wellman tomorrow evening with promising music and a large attendance expected. Both groups show active participation this season and guarantee a good time.
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de Molay
Washington and
Wellman
Oakwood Pavilion
Senator Attacks House Rivers and Harbors Bill Today
Senator Vandenberg repn Mich denounces the rivers and harbors bill as drafted. He warns of hidden clauses and suggests the Erie canal project may force an uncompensated cost of 600 million dollars. He casts doubt on a national deep seaway and the fate of the St Lawrence route.
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Mich
Erie Canal
Illinois Waterways
Vandenberg
Roosevelt
St. Lawrence Seaway
Methodists Win in Dramatic Sunday School Contest
In a heated race between Methodist and United Presbyterian Sunday schools 668 men participated. The Methodists won by 125 points with an attendance of 380, while the United Presbyterians reached 188. The event showcased growing male church attendance and concluded with aWinner's dinner to the Methodists.
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Methodist
United Presbyterian
Methodists
United Presbyterians
U. P
Methodist Church
M. BE
U P
M. E
WU. P
Methodist Sunday School
Pilot Dives Into Crowd Kills Eight At Fayetville
Milton Calvert, pilot from Columbia Tennessee, is held on a technical homicide charge after a plane dove into a spectator crowd at a landing field killing eight people and injuring sixteen. The incident prompted claims of intentional low flight versus an air pocket. Immediate arrests followed and a courthouse hearing was anticipated.
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Fayettville
Tenn
Milton Calvert
Columbia
Calvert
Felix Campbell
M. W. Rhea
Rooney Beard
Kelly Towry
Lawrene Smith
Wade Ponner
Monroe Marbury
Hurley Spray
Marion Ashy
Jasper Harson
H. J. Fally
Cliff Durant
Grayling
Mich
Jim Kelly
Ft. Worth
Tex
Lacord
Portsmouth
N. Hi
Milwaukee
Wis
Edward P Jayne Dies. Longtime Washington County Resident
Edward P. Jayne died at his home in Extra Audubon County Iowa yesterday He was born January 18 1842 in Wyoming County Pennsylvania and moved to Washington County Iowa in 1856 with his father Daniel Jayne and brother John He served in Co H 7th Iowa from July 15 1861 until wounded and discharged April 3 1863 at Pittsburg Landing Tennessee He lived in the county except for a 1871 move to Extra He is survived by his wife seven children all in western Iowa and is uncle to Mrs Edith Miller and grandfather to Mildred Earl Beatrice Clarence and Ray Hough of West Chester West Chester.
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Edward P. Jayne
Washington County
Extra
Audubon County
Iowa
Wyoming County
Pennylvania
Daniel Jayne
John
Co. H
Pittsburg
Tennessee
Edith Miller
This City
Mildred
Earl
Beatrice
Clarence
Ray Hough
West Chester
Sunday School Contest Draws Church Crowd
The event featured singing and talks by Rev. Henke and J H Peet with Carl Guther photographing the group after Sunday school. It was a friendly, engaging contest with meaningful benefits and hopes for higher church attendance across Washington.
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Ing
Rev. Henke
J. H. Peet
Carl Guther
Washington
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