A Step Toward Universal Draft
The American Legion urges study and enactment of a universal draft as national defense and world peace insurance. A Reed-Wainwright resolution calls for a bipartisan commission with four House and four Senate members plus key cabinet members to draft a plan for equal service for all in war, funded by none and with no compensation.
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American Legion
O. L. Bodenhamer
United States
Congress
Reed-Wainwright
American Legion Organization
Legion
Exis
Commison
House of Representatives
Senate
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Labor
War Department
Family doctors to be revived by New England medical center plan
The New England medical center launches a 1.5 million campaign to erect a group of buildings in Boston for a joint dispensary hospital and medical school aimed at training general practitioners. Directors say modern medicine has become overly specialized and unaffordable for many, prompting the family physician revival plan.
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Boston
U.P
New England Medical Center
Meg Cal
Olcs
New England Medical Fund
Miner Elmer Hayes Shot in Illinois Office
Elmer Hayes a southern Illinois miner linked to the Floyd Collins cave rescue was shot and killed in the James B. Lewis legal office for UMW sub-district 11. Investigator Charles Grace was arrested after the shooting and Hayes was found with a small open penknife.
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Ilinois
Harrisburg
Ill
Elmer Hayes
Floyd Collins
Kentucky
James B. Lewis
United Mine Workers of América
Charles Grace
Hayes
Milo Reno Presses Farm Board Fight in Iowa
Milo Reno, head of the Iowa farmers union, renews opposition to Governor Hamumill over the state farm board livestock marketing plan. Butter output in Des Moines rose from 7,339,514 pounds in 1928 to 7,904,309 pounds in 1929 per city survey. President Hoover nominates Nellie Gregg Tomlinson of Des Moines as collector of customs in district No. 44.
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Des Moines
Milo Reno
Farmers Union
Iowa
John Hamumill
Farm Board
City Industrial Bureau
Washington
Hoover
Nellie Gregg Tomlinson
Governor Hammill Speaks at Burlington Naval Reserve Rally
Des Moines reports Governor Hammill traveled to Burlington to address a meeting held in support of the Burlington naval reserve corps.
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Des Moines
Hammill
Burlington
Burlington Naval Reserve Corps
Boone man arrested in alcohol transport case
Cedar Rapids reports R A Anderson of Boone Iowa was arrested after a multi mile chase by Sheriff Harry Manchester charged with transporting 126 gallons of alcohol from Chisago to Boone Henry Clarence Pete city councilman here who died Tuesday was buried yesterday
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Cedar Rapids
R. A. Anderson
Boone
Iowa
Harry Manchester
Chisago
Marengo
Henry Clarence Pete
Prohibition Agent Weinheimer Case Reopened for Reinstatement
The case of Roy Weinheimer a federal prohibition agent who pleaded guilty to maintaining a liquor nuisance last December has been reopened with a view to reinstatement into the service.
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Iowa City
Roy Weinheimer
Ten Iowa counties plan embargo on graveled highways
Representatives from ten counties in the eighth Iowa highway district meet in Pocahontas on Feb 2 to discuss restricting heavy trucks from using graveled highways during the spring season.
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Pocahontas
Iowa Highway District
Iowa City Musicians to Give Concert Here
Prof. M. I. Fossler of Iowa City will lead a special musical service at the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon February 16 featuring the Sovereigns a male quartet of University of Iowa advance music students. The program includes organ solos and the choir plans to use silver offerings to retire choir robe debts.
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M. I. Fossler
Iowa City
Methodist Church
Advance Muse
University of Iowa
Fossler
The
Sovereigns
Frank Swisher
Leonard Folkers
Keith Weeter
Carroll Wild
Merritt Fossler
Two Helen Kanes in Paramounts Pointed Heels at Graham
The film pairs Helen Kane and Skeets Gallagher as Dot and Dash Nixon in a Broadway style song and dance duo who rise to fame then go high hat. William Powell leads as the suave producer and A Edwards Sutherland directs the all talking production following Fast Company success.
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Helen Kanes
Paramount
Graham Theatre
Miss Kane
Richard ‘“Skeets
Gallagher
Dot
Dash” Nixon
William Powell
A. Edwards Sutherland
Painted Angel Shines as Billie Dove Headlines Fox Debut
Billie Dove lights up the Fox in The Painted Angel a cabaret star turn with jazz flair and dramatic edge. The film follows a nightclub hostess whose guarded heart hides a single love while New Orleans to New York nightlife provides the backdrop and Fannie Hurst source material fuels the tale.
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Billie Dove
Fox Theatre
First National
Fannie Hurst
Miss Dove
New Orleans
New York
Painted Angel
Iowa men charged with stealing 20 sheep from Atlas yards
Harold Johnson of Tabor Iowa and Fred Sweet of Winterset Iowa were arrested in Atlantic Iowa and later sent to Omaha on charges of stealing 20 sheep from Nels Anderson’s feed yards between Valley and Fremont. The sheep were loaded in a Johnson truck and taken to a South Omaha commission company.
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Omaha
Harold , Johnson
Tabor
Iowa
Fred Sweet
Winterset
Atlantic
Nels Anderson
Valley
Fremont
Johnson
South
Obituary of Mrs Grezelda Huskins of Wilburton Okla
The Latimer County News-Democrat reports Mrs Grezelda Huskins died January 24 at her Avenue B home after a brief illness. Funeral services were held January 26 at the Methodist church in Wilburton with burial in Rogers Ark. Survivors include four of five children two sisters five grandchildren and a son-in-law. Pallbearers accompanied the Wilburton service and the remains were sent by train to Rogers. Wyiving condolences flooded the community as friends recalled her devout life and kindness.
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Washington
Latimer County News-Democrat
Wilburton
Okla
Grezelda Huskins
Avenue B
N. S. Waterman
Haskins Brothers
Methodist Church
W. E. McCartney
Dev. R. L. Price
Wilburton Presbyterian Church
Rogers
Ark
H. H. Saint Louis
Rogers City
J.*. Huskins
R. D. Huskins
DeQueen
J. E
J. W. Huskins
R. E. Pace
Fairfield
Towa
George Robinson
Birmingham
Wister
G. Hysmith
Ben Thomas
E. Grady Stephens
Sam Boydston
J. F. Wallace
R. C. Smallwood
Huskins
Burlington Robbery Suspects Bound Over in Jail Action
John Searight held in county jail under $5,000 bond after waiving preliminary examination on robbery charges. He was bound over to the grand jury after extradition from Rock Island Illinois. Gus Hartman former policeman also ordered held for grand jury on similar charges in connection with a holdup last week.
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Burlington
John Searight
Searite
Grand Jury
Rock Island
Gus Hartman
Grand Fig
Society matrons own private movie salon in New York
New York society figures rent a private cinema on the 50th floor of the Chanin building to view films in a drawing room setting. Mrs. Jeanne Gowen plans the international cinema salon offering 100 exclusive memberships for weekly Thursday screenings, keeping luxury distant from ordinary theaters.
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New York
Chanin
la Garbo
Jove
Carmels
Jeanne Gowen
Albert Y. Gowen
Chicago
Bandits Use Machine Guns In Minn. Hold Up
Six men armed with a machine gun mounted in a sedan held up Roy Luck a slot machine operator of Norman Minnesota and fled with 1600 dollars Buck told police the bandits appeared familiar with his business and tailed him through several towns until they learned he had collected
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Black Duck
Minn
Roy Luck
Norman
Buck
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American Legion News Service
Iowa Briefs
Helen Kane Swietches
Dickinson, Emmet
Kossuth
Buena Vista
Clay
Pocahontas, Sac, Humboldt
Calhoun
Webster
Maschines
Tam
John Shalla
Peter Schuttler
McCormick
John Shail
Charles Brown
George Eglin
Robertson
Crawfordsville
Guernsey
Jersey
Sirinae
Fordson
Cushman
Dayton McNeitl
Macon & Klotz
Lee H. Huston
Ladies Aid of
M. E. Church of
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