Iowa Columner Details Convicts Prison Time in Heist
Frank Cunningham, 42, of Council Bluffs Iowa admitted after his arrest for breaking into the Fish Bowl tavern that he has spent 21 years in Iowa prisons. He said he was released last October after serving 10 years. Cunningham smashed the front window unlocked the door and stole candy and tobacco. He was arrested an hour later.
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Clinton
Frank Cunningham
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Fish Bowl
Cunningham
Patrolmen to Report on Road Conditions
The Iowa high patrol and state police radio system will provide additional service to the motoring public starting this week. Patrolmen will report road conditions in all sections of the state and the information will be broadcast by the police radio to every county.
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Iowa
Dredge Platte River to Gate Water Supply
Blockton faces water shortage as Great Western Railroad begins dredging the Platte River to access water bearing sand. Project estimated at five thousand dollars aims to bolster supply for locomotives in the division.
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Platte
Gat
Blockton
Great Western Railroad Company
Platte River
Children Selling Seals Save Injured Farmer
Iowa City district reports two grade school pupils helped farmer John Psota after he was kicked by a horse and knocked unconscious on Thursday. He crawled to his house and could not summon aid until the children arrived Friday afternoon while selling Christmas seals.
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Iowa City
John Psota
Psota
Ottumwa Boxer Involved in Ice Eratic Car Crash
A young Ottumwa boxer used a portion of his famed O Dell punch in attempting to move a parked car early Sunday. The vehicle became uncontrollable and caused $200 in damage after leaving an icy space. It rolled down the street, jumped the curb, crashed into the Dupy bakery storefront and shattered the Kemble Floral Co window display.
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Ottumwa
O'Dell
Kemble Floral Co
Boy Scouts Help Santa With Toys in Humboldt
Humboldt Boy Scouts remodel used toys for Christmas to aid local children. They collect, repair, and prepare gifts as part of a holiday effort.
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Boy Scouts
Santa
Humboldt
Boy Scouts of
Fox Hunt Draws Blank as 150 Hunters Miss Fox
About 150 hunters taking part in a fox hunt sponsored by the Oliver Athlete association failed to spot a single fox. The hunters were divided into squads of 13 each in Charles City.
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Charles City
Oliver Athlete Association
Governor declines pardon for William Johns in embezzlement case
Des Moines reports Governor Kraschel refused to pardon William Johns, 36, former Marion county deputy treasurer, who was imprisoned for embezzlement. He cited appeals from 3,000 people seeking leniency.
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Des Moines
Kraschel
William Johns
Marion County
MAY SOLVE A BANK ROBBERY
In Ottumwa Iowa Sheriff Roscoe Wales and Ralph Cregan plan to go to Bismarck Missouri to help solve a Cincinnati Iowa bank robbery from last November. A suspect Delmar Rooney of Fairmount Minnesota is held in Bismarck and Cragan will try to identify him. Rooney was captured after a pistol shot from a druggist ended the attempted robbery of Burdick.
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Ottumwa
INS
Cincinnati
Iowa
Roscoe Wales
Appanoose County
Ralph Cregan
Bismark
Delmar Rooney
Fairmount
Minn
Cragan
Del
Rooney
Robert Burdick
Fairfield
Burdick
Christmas Music Shines Across Four Washington Churches
Joyful Christmas programs filled four Washington churches with morning and evening services. The Methodist Church praised the morning and evening music, with Mrs Milo Sorden substituting for Mrs Lowell Dodds in There Were Shepherds. Presbyterian services featured piano and violin solos and grand decorations. Baptist cantata The Infant King drew praise, while the United Presbyterian vesper service drew an estimated 225 attendees.
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Methodist Church
Milo Sorden
Lowell Dodds
Owen Hayes
The
Presbyterian Church
Edith Reister
Frank Coles
Mount Pleasant
Dunham Morrison
Lawrence Wilson
J. T. Rehmel
U. P
United Presbyterian Church
Carolyn Hamilton
Night officer stops burglary at State theater
Night officer Jack Creech discovered the safe knob broken in the State theater office around 1 30 am Sunday. City and county officers joined theater manager Ralph Pratt. burglars fled upstairs after guards were posted and Creech heard sounds but did not see anyone.
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Jack Creech
Business Houses
State Theater
Ralph Pratt
Washington
Creech
Mr. Creech
Christmas Service Delivers Six Part Nativity Presentation
In the afternoon service six parts titled The Prophecy The Shepherds The Angels The Wise Men The New Born King and The Messiah were performed with notable effort. The morning service featured special music. Don Benblossom decorated the church and prepared the bulletins. An offering of $18 was received.
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Don Benblossom
Outlook Brightens for Iowa in 1939 Despite Recession
Des Moines reports indicate Iowa’s bumper crops cushion the state from national downturns with corn loan payments upcoming. Farmers plan greater livestock production from cheap grain, while urban business shows gains in building, payrolls, and trade.
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Des Mones
Iowa
Goodfellows Urged to Help Christmas Baskets Appeal
The Washington Goodfellows face a short deadline to fund Christmas dinner baskets for needy families. Only 26 dollars has been raised so far, versus 71 a year ago, with Christmas distribution at risk without immediate contributions. The Y's Men leaders urge timely gifts to bring warmth and practical cheer to children.
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The
Goodfellows of
Washington
Y's Men's Club
Goodfellows
Photographer
Goodfellow
Evening Journal Goodfellow
Ludendorff Dies in Munich at 73
Gen. Erich Ludendorff, famed German World War commander, died in Munich today from an acute kidney ailment. The 73 year old war lord had suffered poor health for months and came from a traditional German military family.
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Munich
INS
Erich Ludendorff
Washington Homes Brightly Decorated for Christmas
Washington residents adorn streets with Christmas trees lighted wreaths and spruce decor enhancing the city’s appearance. While many streets are decorated, several still lack festive lighting from past years. Citizens are urged to join in decorating homes and encouraging family participation to beautify Washington this season.
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Washington
Death Mystery Stages Over Weirich Case in Burlington
Howard P. Weirich aged 39 from Burlington was found dead in a secluded woods near Biggsville. Coroner's jury returns open verdict as no clear cause emerges after two months since the body was discovered. Weirich formerly lived in Mt. Pleasant and had worked at the local insane hospital.
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Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Washington County Men Are Arrested in Kinross Crash
Sheriff reports three Wellman men Delbert Fuller Howard Fuller and Roy Furman held in Keokuk county jail after an alcohol fueled Kinross area crash. Delbert Fuller driving a borrowed car faces intoxicated driving and likely leaving the scene of an accident. Howard Fuller and Roy Furman also said to be intoxicated. Furman faces a six month suspended sentence for poultry stealing. A Sigourney hearing was scheduled for this afternoon.
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A1. M. Putnam
BE. EB. Tremmel
Keokuk County
Wellman
Kinross
Delbert Fuller
Howard Fuller
Roy Furman
Ray Williams
Sigourney
Anamosa
Fuller
Furman
Washington County
Sunshine Break Amid Snow Patches in Washington Area
Brief intervals of sun appeared in Washington this morning suggesting warmer weather to melt ice on pavements and clothing stores. Light snow fell Sunday in Washington with additional reports of light snow in Charles City and Council Bluffs. Dubuque saw seven inches of snow over the past day and a half.
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Washington
Charles City
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Japan seeks details on Panay sinking gunfire claim
The Japanese foreign office cancelled its prior denial and asked for more information on witness assertions that Panay fired on the airplane that dropped bombs, leading to the gunboat sinking in a Chinese river.
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Torio
INS
Foreign Office
Japan
Carbon Monoxide Blamed for Two Deaths in Colorado
Carbon monoxide from a broken manifold caused the deaths of a man and a two year old child found with their unconscious mother in Lewdaville Colorado. Sheriff Putnam investigated and went to the county seat to attend the case.
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Lewadville
Colo
Putnam
Keokuk County
Christmas Pageant at Prairie Flower Baptist Church
A Christmas Pageant titled The Coming of the Light will be staged at Prairie Flower Baptist Church Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock, announced today.
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Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Quiet Day in the Holy Land Report
A Palestine post dispatch from Jerusalem reports a quiet day in the Holy Land with several events. A Jeruselam Lyda freight train was fired upon, stones blocked its path, Hebron police station came under fire, twenty one telephone wires were cut near Ginegar, four explosions occurred in Beersheba, an oil pipeline was punctured and set ablaze, and a home made bomb was found beneath a bus in Haifa.
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Jerusalem
London
Holy Land
Palestine Post
Jerusalem-Lyda
Hebron
Ginegar
Beersheba
Haifa
Supreme Court bans wire tapping by federal officers
The Supreme Court, in a 7 to 2 ruling, outlawed wire tapping as evidence in criminal cases. It overturned four federal convictions for liquor smuggling due to illegally intercepted evidence, marking the first major decision since Brandeis’s dissent in prohibition days and confirming the federal communications act prohibiting wire taps.
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Washington, D. C
Dee
INS
Supreme Court
High Court
Brandeis
Congress
Forecast Increase in County Population
Washington county faces a population rise beyond 1980 based on Scripps Foundation studies. The analysis shows 509 children under five per 1000 white women aged 20 to 44, above the 487 needed for a stationary population. Iowa as a whole is projected to grow, assuming birth rates hold from 1930 to 1934.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
Washington County
National Resources Board
Scripps Foundation For Research In
Flowa
Scripps Foundation
28 Arrested as Sheriff Halts Ford Strike Cavalcade
Kansas City dispatch reports Sheriff J L Williams stopped a motor cavalcade of Ford workers en route to the assembly plant during a CIO strike. He confiscated 14 pistols 12 shotguns and 60 other weapons including blackjacks and brass knuckles.
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Kansas City
CINS
J. L. Williams
Ford
Ford Assembly
CIO Automobile Workers Union
Army Recruiting Officer in Davenport Seeks Applicants
Sergeant August Miller recruiting officer for the United States army is in Washington today and will interview enlistment applicants at the Davenport post office building. Interested individuals may communicate with him there.
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August Miller
United States Army
Washington
Davenport
Kathryn Little Spends Christmas in Washington
Miss Kathryn Little of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln is spending her Christmas vacation in Washington.
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Kathryn Little
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Washington
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