Early Supreme Court ruling eyed on liquor case
Washington reports the government moves to take the New Jersey ruling against the 18th amendment directly to the Supreme Court aiming for a decision by early March. Attorney General Mitchell cuts appellate steps to avoid delays in prohibition enforcement. WCTU pledges continued fight to end liquor traffic and expects the court will uphold the amendment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New Jersey
Mitchell
Clark
House
Anti-Saloon League
Hawke
Ohio
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Willis van Devanter
James C. Creynolds
Louis D. Brandies
Evanston, Ill
Supreme Court of the United States
Charity football tickets aid NC Duke benefit game
Beverly Hills dispatch notes Uncle Josephus Daniels and Raleigh News and Observer praise a charity synthetics game between Notre Dame and Alabama. North Carolina and Duke drew a tie, and Anthony McKelvin proposed selling charity tickets to fund the cause, with proceeds kept within the conference.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
North Carolina
Duke University
Anthony McKelvin
Above
Notre Dame
Alabama
390 TOYS FOR NEEDY TOTS IN WASHINGTON
Six women gather at the old Journal building to sort and pack more than 350 donated toys for needy Washington children. The Y W C A Junior College girls will distribute the gifts as volunteers collect names and ages to tailor each toy. Merchants and Curran Manufacturing Co provide tags and support from Boy Scouts and local men aid toy repairs.
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Journal
Washington
Lester Orr
C. J. Roberts
Lane
Bess Plumly
L. R. Baker
Woman's Relief Corps
Donna Evans
H. C. Hull
George Dowell
Y. W. Girls
Hayes Crayton
A. M. EB
Curran Manufacturing Co
Y. W
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Bank Robbery at Sheffield Iowa Loot About Three Thousand
Robbers held up the First National Bank at Sheffield Iowa on December 18 taking about 3000 dollars. They entered with one guard waiting in a car and ordered officials to lie on the floor while they emptied the cages and vault. A posse pursued toward the Minnesota line as state officers moved quickly to capture the bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Iowa
Oday
First National Bank
R. C. Wolf
J. H. Weltner
Melvin Hawk
George Stoll
Minnesota
Des Moines
Two Basketball Battles Tonight in Local High School
A bargain bill announces two basketball games at the high school this evening. The second team of Washington vs Ainsworth leads off at seven, followed by the Muscatine to Washington main event at eight to start the Little Six season. Muscatine tied Ottumwa for the league title last year and looks strong again. Washington, led by Kiesey and Judevine with Kalona and Brighton wins behind them, faces its first real test of the season tonight.
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Washington
Ainsworth
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Kiesey
Judevine
Kalona
Brighton
Two Suspects Arrested in Missouri Slaying
Eddie Johnson and John Frogge were arrested at Mount Ayr Iowa and held for Maryville Missouri authorities as suspects in the slaying of Velma Colter a 19 year old country school teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Ayr
Eddie Johnson
John Frogge
Maryville
Velma Colter
Auto License Trade Grows in County
County Treasurer Marion George reported a rise in automobile licensing activity over the last day or two, with 1 780 cars licensed today. Total 6 907 automobiles and 535 trucks licensed this year, 175 fewer vehicles than the same date last year. 55 truck licenses issued to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion George
Washington Team Loses Close Debate At Muscatine
Washington high school affirmative debate team fell to Muscatine at Muscatine by 245 to 250. Debaters Cherrie McElhinney William Sartor and Helen Schoonover argued against chain stores in the issue Phat chain stores are detrimental to the best interests of the American people. A critic judge weighed content proof issues and delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Muscatine
Washington
William Masson
Lucille Davison
Washington county farmers send 1021 chickens to Chicago
Washington county Iowa farmers donated 1021 surplus chickens for distribution to Chicago’s needy. The effort, led by Carl Jungbluth, involved local businessmen funding dressing and transport, with front page and photo coverage planned by the Chicago Daily News.
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United Press Today
Chicago Herald and Examiner
The
Tribune
Chicago News
Chicago Daily News
News
Car Tungbluth
Chicago
Washington County
Iowa
Carl Jungbluth
Washington
Men Arrested on Drunk Charge Lead Officers to Liquor
Raymond Washington officers searching a shack after arresting El men Lebeck and Ralph Grable on a drunk charge found a quantity of liquid shoe polish suggesting concealed liquor.
Iowa sheriffs back state police force and arm regulation
Iowa Sheriffs endorse creating a state police force and urge the legislature to adopt a bill. They call for a permit system to carry guns in cars and support a state work farm as part of their platform. Sheriff H W Wagner of Waterloo was elected president with Frank Martin of Davenport as vice president.
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Des Moines
Towa
Iowa Sheriff's Association
General Assembly
Wagner
H. W. Wagner
Waterloo
Association
Frank Martin
Davenport
G. E. Cress
Mason City
Dan W. Turner
Iowa
Turner
No American Lives Lost in Guatemala Crisis
Washington reports no American lives or property were harmed during Tuesday’s fighting that installed General Manuel Orellana as Guatemala’s president. The American legation in Guatemala City informed the State Department of the outcome today.
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Guatemala
Washington
Genera Manuel Orellana
Guatemala City
State Department
Names and donors listed for truck load of fowls to Chicago
Journal compiles donor lists for a truck load of chickens sent to Chicago. Names appear from Riverside Noble Washington Wellston Kalona Rubio Valley Richmond Wayland Wellman Havre Brighton West Chester Keota and others with notes on incomplete lists and forthcoming updates.
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Carl Jungbluth
Carl Klein
Journal
Chicago
Truck Load of Chickens Sent to Chicago for Needy
A poultry drive from Washington county sent 1 021 chickens to Chicago to aid unemployed and hungry residents. Donors from Kalong Wayland Wellman Washington Crawfordsville Noble Ainsworth Riverside Richmond Valley Wellston Keota Rubio West Chester Brighton Havre provided birds. The Reister plant dressed the fowls and drivers donated time, with distribution coordinated by charity leaders in Chicago.
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Reister Poultry House
Washington County
Chicago
Starvey Meek
Claude Reister, Jr
Joliet, Ill
Washington
Kalong
Wayland
Wellman
Crawfordsville
Noble
Ainsworth
Riverside
Richmond
Valley
Wellston
Keota
Rubio
West Chester
Brighton
Havre
Reisters
Reister
R. L. Gibson
Gibson
Ainsworth Noble and Crawfordsville Names Listed
Continued column lists residents and participants at Ainsworth Noble and Crawfordsville with names including W F Gardner A P Jeffrey George Lord Robert Duncan Harold Clegg James Clegg Emmet Frame A B Moore A E Sands and many others Crosstown names P Widmer Emerson Witting J G Alliman C K Leichty Robert Krabill J A Frey plus Crawfordsville notables Luther Williams S G Taylor W H Mee Call Joe Rich Sam Witting Frank Young Wilburt Rose Rev Porter Hugh Davis etc.
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Wayland
I. &. Neff
Dave Miller
Widmer
Joe Graber
I. Leichty
D. Wenger
Mrs. Henss
Ben Leichty
Dan Conrad
E. Weaver
J. A. Schlatter
Joe Witting
F. Eicher
J. Eicher
Schlatter
Gingerich
N. Leichty
B. Eicher
J. J. Roth
Ainsworth
W. F. Gardner
A. P. Jeffrey
George Lord
Robert Duncan
Harold Clegg
James Clegg
Emmet Frame
A. B. Moore
A. E. Sands
W. R. Crawford
E. Y. Rabhenold
C. C. Keiper
H. C. Finney
Ed Lins
Ed Reece
Jesse Marr
L. Shhroeder
Mac Wallace
Will McGinnis
Noble
P. Widmer
Emerson Witting
J. G. Alliman
C. K. Leichty
Robert Krabill
J. A. Frey
J. L. Stortz
Peter Graber, Jr
J. C. Graber
O. F. Frey
J. W. Widmer
N. G. Widmer
George Herzog
William Leichty
William Schlatter
P. P. Wenger
W.S. Roth
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Jersey
High Court
Will Pocers
Posse
James E. Risden
Bureau of Investigation
George Atkins
John Arney
Indiana Bank
Plainfield
Ind
Muscatine and
Missouri
Gift of Chickens
Jungbluth
Sheriffs
Evening Journal
Y's Men's Club of
Junebluth
Klein
Clayde Knupp
W. BE. Augustine
M. Leppert
Ed Wenger
Ed Hotle
W. Klein
Will Jones
R. KE. Brown
John Zieglowsky
Charles Zieglowsky
Susie Johnson
Wyatt Marbourg
H. P. Wilson
Mac Beenblossom
Vernon Dawson
R. C. Blankenhorn
Ed Gallagher
Jake Wenger
Henry Witthoft
W. D. Booth
Frank Melinsky
A B. Swift
Hiram Coakley
Roy Dawson
Charles Palmer
P. F. Whisler
Andy Blattner
Martin Weston
Albert Zieglowsky
Carl Zieglowsky
John Stewart
R. J. Davidson
R. G. Vincent
Fred Weekley
J. A. Koehler
Bart Galloway
Jake Snyder
Frank Pringle
Lloyd Walker
Eli Jackson
William McConnell
Elmer
Ed Miksch
Charles Harvey
Harlow Engle
Mark Waggoner
Wilber McClelland
Martha Mayer
G. H. Mayer
Malon Slabaugh
Henry Yoder
A. B. Gingerich
Henry H. Miller
Dan Gingerich
John Swartz
M. S. Bontreger
Elmer Brenneman
Sam G. Hostetler
Edward Shetler
Alice Kempf
Barbara Kempf
D. J. Wisher
W. DD. Brenneman
Omar Brenneman
Chris Troyer
Melack Marek
John A. Hostetler
J. G. Marnes
Jacob P. Miller
J. B. Hostetler
Seth S. Miller
Jess Gingerich
E. B. Hostetler
J. B. Brenneman
C. F. Hershberger
William Hesselschwerdt
John A. Stutzman
Joe G. Gingerich
Chris B. Miller
M. BE. Kinsinger
Lydia Bush
John Y. Yoder
Mahl
Chris Rhodes
O. T. Dunlap
W. E. Davis
Ira P. Yoder
C. C. Swartzendruber
Edwin Hershberger
Knepp Brothers
John Rhodes
Clyde Kennard
Will Schrock
Daniel Hershberger
John D. Hershberger
Joe C. Brenneman
S. Hochstetler
Andrew Yoder
D. G Yoder
Rev. L. A. Moon
C. B. Morgan
P. B. Johnson
Earl Morgan
Frank Strickland
Fred Altenbernd
Joe Hartnell
Charles Scranton
Hoss Sheets
Warren Carris
George Stumpf
Leonard Lintz
A. A. Eglin
Don Bopp
Art Melichey
Paul Welte
William A. Lintz
Joe Pieper
Frank Freund
William C. Chapek
G. L. Duke
D. D. Miller
M. D. Swartzendruber
Dave Eimen
Roy Renshberger
Will Eckhardt
John McCrabb
J. G. Weidleige
G. B. Swartzendruber
Simon Kinsinger
Elmer Kohler
Pete Kohler
John Kohler
Sam Whittaker
Fred Grosscup
Meachum
R. Woodford
C. W. Porter
Joe Buzzard
Frank Kleese
Dean Neffenegger
H. R. Green
Elmer Nevins
H. W. Luers
Margaret Embree
William Dorrance
William Nelson
Roy Funston
John Henry
Elmer Peiffer
Har
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