Washington Demons gain Little Six balance with Burlington win
Washington defeats Burlington in a Little Six contest to improve their record and set up a finish against Muscatine and Ottumwa. The box score lists Sooter McElhinney Jackson Dusenbery Glider and others contributing as the Demons seek a strong late season push.
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Washington Demons
Burlington
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Demons
Washington
McElhinney
May
Girl Arrested in Kidnap Plot in Arizona
In Tucson on February 5, police arrested 20 year old Billie Adkins amid a gang claim tied to the kidnapping of 61 year old banker Gordon H. Sawyer. Investigators said incriminating letters and photos were found at the house. Adkins denied involvement and claimed ignorance of her father’s whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscon, Ariz
Billie Adkins
Gordon HH. Sawyer
Arizona
Sawyer
Miss Adkins
Local Toothpaste Sale Amid Weather Forecast
Marion Anderson from Chicago visits due to his father A Anderson illness. Dr West has improved toothpaste and offers two regular tubes for 33 cents. Weather: cloudy and colder with possible snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Anderson
Chicago
A. Anderson
Methodist Bulldogs to face Blaming Arrows in Sunday School final
In the county Sunday school basketball tournament at the Washington Y M C A the Methodist Bulldogs meet the Blaming Arrows at five in intermediate division A. The winner advances to a 6:30 p m meeting with Division B winner Washington Presbyterians next Saturday. Division A standings note St Pauls Evangelical defaulted games due to bad roads. Lincoln school clinched ward title with a 19 1 victory over Centennial last evening.
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Methodist Bulldogs
Blaming Arrows
Washington Y. M. C. A
Washington Presbyterians
West Chester U. P
Prenton MA
Cunescaoaenk
St. Paul’s Evangelical
St. Paul's Evangelical
W. L. Washington Presbyterians
West Chester Methodist
Ainsworth Triangles
Baptist
Washington U. P
Lincoln School
Centennial
Wallace and Heights
Wallace- Heights
Lincoln
Iowa Enjoins Trailers Law Test of Constitutionality
Des Moines seeks injunction to stop R. R. Treloar from using trucks with trailers longer than the new law allows. Attorney General John Pletcher says the statute effective January 31 affects hundreds of operators and will be tested in district court before statewide enforcement begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
John Fi
Tcher
R. R. Treloar
Pletcher
Officer and Bandit Killed in Chicago
In Chicago a gun duel left 47 year old guard Martin Knudson dead and a bandit dead inside a newspaper distribution station. Three bandits escaped in a car with a fourth accomplice. the fleeing trio was pursued and one robber’s body found in the abandoned vehicle. A 17 year old girl, Catherine Sterrett, is being held for questioning.
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Chicago
Martin Knudson
James J. Stewart
Catherine Sterrett
Sawyer’s captivity linked to an old well site
A fragile sentence notes that the well Sawyer was held in is identified as the site of his captivity. The brief reference implies a historical connection to the location and its role in the kidnapping case.
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Hind
Sawyer
Readers urged to correct listing of names and addresses
Mrs Rose Wray Figgins of Mountibello California Mrs Marie McGraw of Hitchcock South Dakota Gladys Clark Waites of 503 Hawaiian Ave Wilmington California Dorothy Clark Johnson of 478 East Norton Street Long Beach California requested by editors to publish corrections for the reader notice.
Weekend social notes and local visits spread across town
Miss Alice Van Vliet left for Waterloo for the weekend. Mrs J A Gibson and daughter Clarissa and grandson Frank Eugene of Valley Junction visit Mrs Frank Bell. Marian McAvoy returns from Iowa Wesleyan for the weekend. Mrs Carlous Burris of Maquoketa had an appendectomy and is recovering. Several locals, shoppers, and guests are noted, including visits from Des Moines, Muscatine, Wellman, and Keota, plus a snowman at JD C Russell’s home and moves of Mr and Mrs Frank Hudspath to the Miles Bradford home.
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Alice van Vliet
Waterloo
J. A. Gibson
Clarissa
Frank Eugene
Valley Junction
Esther Swanson
Des Moines
Frank Bell
Gibson
Mrs. Bell
Marian McAvoy
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt Pleasant
Carlous Burris
Maquoketa
Schuyler Livingston
W. B. Robinson
Bighton
Jean Sterling
Burlington Hospital
Orville Foss
Wellman
Ralph Scott
Earl Chambers
JD C. Russell
Clem Carter
Keota
Ray Callister
Leila Anderson
Olds
Paul Gorham
T. W Cahill
J. l. Scuartzendruber
W. ©. Ramsey
Harvey Meek
Alice Rownd
Nellie Dodder
Clarrison Dodder
Della Miller
Edna Flynn
Charle Denison
Milo Weaver
Glenn Mace
Will Hmmings
George McDaniel
Belle Rice
Howard McBride
Frank Hudspath
Iowa Ave
Miles Bradford
Margaret Ann Plumly Celebrates One Year
A family birthday celebration for Margaret Ann Plumly marks her first year. Grandmother bakes a cake with a red candle while relatives including Mrs. Julia Cavender, Mrs. Priscilla Junkin, Mrs. Ralph Junkin, Mrs. Chas. Thomas, and Mrs. C. H. Guther attend. Grandpa Dicken assists and A. B. Dicken sends congratulations from Minnesota.
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Jarla Joan
Grandpa Dicken
A. B. Dicken
Minnesota
Margaret Ann
Whist Club Hosts Feature Evening in Riverside
Riverside hosts Mr and Mrs C J Karel welcomed Whist Club members for a Wednesday gathering. Guests included Mr and Mrs Glenn Baumgartner Des Moines Miss Jean Karel and Herbert Anderson Iowa City. Four tables played with prizes for best score to Eun Blythe and John Knittel and traveling prizes to Mr and Mrs Ernest Sallafay.
Drake University student dies in hitching trip near Belle Plaine
Harry Jackson, 21, Drake University junior, was struck and killed by a US marshal's car while walking along a highway nine miles east of Belle Plaine Iowa. Fellow student Arthur Nichols was hitch-hiking with him. Jackson’s body to be returned to Des Moines for burial.
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Belle Plaine
Iowa
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Harry Jackson
Drake University
R. L. Whelan
United States Marshall
Here
Whelan
Arthur J. Nichols
Drake
Jackson
Riverside clubs and officials feature in local notices
Solution awards went to Mrs. William Griffin and R H Hieiigman. Riverside Garden club to meet Feb 8 at Mrs Joseph Stransky home to discuss new seed catalog plants. Riverside P T A meets Feb 9 at the public school with a program led by Mrs William Best and others. School board re elected R C Knight as superintendent for $1800, eight years in post. Ladies Aid met for quilting and pancake supper plans set for Feb 12. Visitors include Clement A Schnoebelen Cedar Rapids and Rev R Traegesser Hills. residents Anna Kern Kenneth Hartman visited Cedar Rapids. M A Stransky and I W Ford hosts.
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William Griffin
R. H. Hieiigman
Riverside Garden Club
Joseph Stransky
Riverside Parent Teachers Association
Sth
William Best
Norval Flynn
J. P. Quinn
Board of Education
R. C. Knight
Knight
Ladies' Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
John Younkin
Walt Nicola
Ernest
A. H. Younkin
Clement A. Schnoebelen
Cedar Rapids
Riverside
R. Traegesser
Hills
Anna Kern
Kenneth Hartman
Harley Ford
Pinewood
Minnesota
M. A. Stransky
I. W. Ford
Y M C A appeals for clothing receives wide support
The welfare committee thanks the Journal for a large clothing response. Mrs. Sherman outfits four boys this morning and plans for sorting and distribution to high and junior high pupils, with later outreach to others. New and returning members join the committee alongside a school representative and rural area liaison.
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Sherman
George Dowell
Robert Templeman
Ralph Meid
Frances Minick
W. A. Gibson
Carl Roberts
St. James School
Winnie Palmer
Ottumwa Bandits Still Undiscovered
In Ottumwa Iowa on February 6 a trio of gunmen looted the Gerald Randol home and killed Edna Shaw. Police report the suspects were seen in five southeastern Iowa towns after the murder but disappeared and were believed to be at a prearranged rendezvous.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Gerald Randol
Edna Shaw
Lost yearling steer missing near West Chester area
Estrayed yearling steer two miles northwest of West Chester. Contact Merle Eckles R14-41 30513. Also report lost pair of chains. Call 818 Blue 3052.
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West Chester
Merle Eckles
Collision damages wheel on Ford roadster at Washington Marion
The right front wheel of Raymond Chalupa s Ford roadster was smashed in a collision with a light truck at the corner of Washington and Marion streets on the square. Unemployment committee asks wood buyers to settle accounts at Washington National Bank to close the project.
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Raymond Chalupa
Washington and
Marion Streets
K. C
Dave D Benson
Wellman
Joseph Widmer
Crawfordsville
Fort Nicola
Brighton
D. W. Orendorff
Wayland
J. W. McClelland
Community News and Local Visit Highlights
Mrs. Nellie Wright Mason of Hart Michigan and Mrs. Cora Martin Bartlett of Washington Pennsylvania aid their mother Mrs. KE Wright who remains mentally sharp but frail. The Terry family from Palmyra Illinois and Col J Lloyd Terry of Chicago arrive tonight. Mrs. Terry is Mrs Wright’s daughter. Tripleoil Refining Co advertises oil and custom refining rates. A piano harmony contest at Mrs A Anderson’s yields Charles Sutton first place.
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Nellie Wright Mason
Hart, Mich
Cora Martin Bartlett
Washington, Pa
KE. N. Wright
W. M. Terry
Palmyra
Col
J. Lloyd Terry
Chicago
Terry
Wright
Tripleil Refining Co
A. Anderson
Charles Sutton
Chas Brows
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Polly Moran
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Schulty
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Jaeger
Bennett
Mustatine
Jaegge
Doyle Fere
Kilpatrick
Mendenhail
Lowe
GEO. L. McDaniel Druggist
Ainsworth United
Sally Eilers
James Dunn
Gigi
Rudy Valee
BOSCO
Noel Coward
New York
London
Matinee Daily
Margaret Ann Plumly
Johnny Mangold
Mary Dougall
Applegate
Unemployment Committee
Evening Journal
Washington Cleaners
South Side
Wisie Long
Oleeta Stewart
J. D. Schlatter
WH. T. Carris
Frialae
Auctigonesh
Macon
Fhone
Morrison Ice Cream CO. E
Iowa Motor Service
Springman
Iowa Avenue
Washington Co
John Shields & Sons
C.L. Pine Loan CO
Tast Broadway
Towa
Winstop Duzzit
Washington Oil Co
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