Prohibition Enforcement Fund Retained in Bill
Washington February 10 The treasury department appropriation bill retains a 43 million dollar prohibition enforcement fund. The Senate committee plans limited hearings and a transfer of enforcement from treasury to justice. Some lawmakers urge more funds later while others await results of the transfer.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury Department
Phipps
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Treasury
Justice Department
House
Judiciary Committee
Drys
Harris
Georgia
Appropriations Committee
DeMolay Boys Lead Evening Service at Y M C A
About eighty attended a DeMolay led service after church services at the Y M C A. Carlton Haven directed singing, Howard Benn presided, Roberta Ross played piano, Dr F W Eastwood gave a prayer, and Supt J H Peet spoke on "The Survival of the Fittest."
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Amos
Order of DeMolay
Carlton Haven
Adu’t
Howard Benn
Roberta Ross
F. W
Eastwood
Supt
J. H. Peet
Washington
Brookhart Urges Philadelphia Labor to Oppose Grundy
Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa addressed a large Philadelphia labor gathering urging labor and agriculture to unite against Senator Joseph R Grundy in the coming election. A resolution was adopted calling for labor to campaign for Grundy’s defeat.
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Stockhart
Philadelphia
Grundy
U.P
United States
Pennsylvania
Joseph R. Grundy
Senate
Smith W Brookhart
Rep
Iowa
Senator Grundy
Krenmyre Delivers Lincoln Lecture at Washington Methodist
Rev J H Krenmyre of Ainsworth spoke on Abraham Lincoln the Man at Washington Methodist Church yesterday afternoon. He described Lincoln as a man of rare qualities who chose the right men to work with him, drawing on firsthand study of Lincoln lore. The address, in place of the evening service, included special choir music and was presided by Rev A W Henke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
J. H. Krenmyre
Ainsworth
Washington Methodist Church
Lincoln
Krenmyre
Mr. Krenmyre
Washington
A. W. Henke
Doherty Protests Naming of Hughes to Supreme Court
Henry L. Doherty a wealthy oil magnate charges a small elite plots to control government and that appointing Charles Evans Hughes as chief justice is part of the scheme. The letter was released after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Hughes nomination 10 to 2 with two Republicans opposing.
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Senate
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Charles Evys Slughes
Suprem Court
Independent
Repuiblican-Democrat — Coalition
Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
Henry L. Doherty
Mllionaire
Hughes
Norris
Nebraska
Blaine
Wisconsin
Doherty
Hoover
Hughes,Jr
New York
Peet's Theme Guides Youth Spiritual Life
Mr Peet emphasized applying a guiding principle to the spiritual lives of young people, urging practical action in daily conduct and religious study to shape character.
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Mr. Peet
U S Proposes One New Battleship To Britain
The United States asked Britain to allow building a single new battleship equal to the British Dodney. The plan involves scrapping certain ships in the Washington treaty terms and replacing a discarded vessel with a Rodney class battleship. Stimson’s office denied comment while officials disputed secrecy.
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Stimson
London
United States
Great Britain
America
Japan
Arkansas
Wyoming
Henry L. Stimson
United Press
States Bordering on River Oppose Jadwin Flood Plan
Representatives from almost every state bordering the Mississippi voiced opposition to the Jadwin flood control plan at a House flood control committee hearing. The session, a prelude to debated bills to modify the act, followed court rulings that the government must pay spillway lands whether flooded or not, promising higher costs for the Jadwin strategy.
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Washington
Mississippi
House
Chicago Faces Pay Crisis as City Delays Warrant Sales
Chicago’s promise to pay is weak as efforts to sell 75 million dollars in tax anticipation warrants fail in Chicago and New York. City and school board debt nears 300 million, with workers from police and fire to teachers living hand to mouth while Strawn returns with hoped solutions.
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Chicago
U.P
New York
Silas H. Strawn
Citizens’ Rescue Committee
Washington, D. C
Mrs Albert Kuhn Claimed By Death
Funeral services for Mrs Albert Kuhn are set for Tuesday at 10 30 am at Sherman funeral home led by Rev A W Henke of the Methodist church Burial will follow in Keota cemetery Mrs Kuhn 86 years old had been ill for months and died Sunday morning She was born July 8 1837 in Ashland Ohio came to Iowa in 1864 married Albert Kuhn in 1871 The couple moved to Kansas then returned to Iowa before settling in Washington in 1902 They left a husband son William H Kuhn principal of Camanchee High School and a brother Daniel Bennett of Gillette Wyoming plus several nieces and nephews
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Albert Kuhn
Sherman Funeral Home
A. W. Henke
The
Methodist Church
Keota
West Chester
Washington
Hinshaw’s Father Dies in Wayland Stroke
Zear Hinshaw, manager of the A and P store in Washington, was summoned to Wayland by the death of his father M. R. Hinshaw. The elder Hinshaw died suddenly from apoplexy at 7 30 Sunday morning after asthma. Brief services at Wayland home Tuesday at 1 pm followed by 2 30 pm services at Richland Methodist church and burial in Richland Odd Fellows cemetery. He was 66, a longtime Wayland resident and member of the Methodist church. He leaves Zear Hinshaw as his sole child.
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Zear Hinshaw
A. and P
Washington
Wayland
M. R. Hinshaw
Mr. Hinshaw
Methodist
Richland
Odd Fellows
Methodist Church
Defer Action To Stabilize Grain Market
The Federal Farm Board postpones a vote on creating a 25 million dollar grain stabilization corporation to absorb surplus wheat. Absence of key members and the illness of a cotton representative delayed the meeting as officials study recommendations to curb glutted markets and support farm relief plans.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Samuel R. McKelvie
Carl Williams
South
National Advisory Committee On
Legge
House Immigration Committee
Farm Board
Grain Stabilization Corporation
National Wheat Advisory Committee
Change of Funeral Place for Mrs. Roy Mapel
A funeral change announces services for Mrs. Roy Mapel will be held Tuesday at two o clock at L A Jones funeral home instead of the Mapel home. The obituary notes a widow two brothers Dillon Hinshaw and another sister Mrs Jane Stevens of Richland and a brother in California. Licorice is noted as a prevalent ingredient in chewing tobacco.
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Roy Mapel
Mapel
L. A
Dillon Hinshaw
Jane Stevens
Richland
California
Soviet Legation in Mexico City Raided
Ten men believed to be secret service agents raided the Soviet legation in Mexico City last night seizing papers from the former minister Alexander Makar who was departing for France. The raid followed Mexico's break with the Soviet over alleged communist demonstrations. Boris Troskunoff and others planned to leave soon. A clerk remained at the closed building.
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Mexico City
Legation
Alexander Makar
Secret Service
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Makar
Vera Cruz
France
Boris Troskunoff
Washington Firemen Stage Original Home Talent Show
The Washington firemen sign with the Civic Funds association of Burlington Iowa for a two act original musical comedy The Cuckoo Clock at the Graham theater February 27 and 28 to aid the sick and relief fund. Walter A Stone directs rehearsals and sixteen principal roles plus eighty to a hundred performers are planned.
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Washington Firemen
Civic Funds Association
Burlington
Iowa
Graham Theater
Walter A. Stone
Mr. Stone
Washington
Stone
Firmen
Legion Auxiliary Leader Grace Gilbert King to Broadcast
Mrs Grace Gilbert King state president of the Legion Auxiliary will broadcast over WOC Davenport from 3 to 8 30 Tuesday afternoon Her subject National Defense she has just returned from the women s patriotic conference at Washington DC and her talk tomorrow will be of interest to all patriotic Americans
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Grace Gilbert King
The
Legion Auxiliary
WOC
Davenport
Roof Fire at Capt. D. W. Harvey Home
Fire department responded shortly before noon to Capt. D. W. Harvey residence on South Iowa Avenue for a roof fire. The blaze burned a small hole in the roof and was brought under control using chemical extinguishers.
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Harvey’s
Capt. D. W Harvey
Iowa Avenue
Indictment Targets Nationwide Alcohol Bootleg Ring
A federal grand jury indicted 24 corporations and 156 individuals for running a seven year scheme diverting 1,000,000 gallons of industrial alcohol annually into bootleg channels. Centered in Chicago, the network spread from New York to Los Angeles with cover companies used to siphon alcohol into illicit liquor. Anastassost Srebren, a Bulgarian chemist, led the operation and devised a process to reclaim alcohol from industrial stock for the bootleg trade.
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Chicago
U.P
New York
Los Angeles
Phiadelphia
Eterit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
North Bergen
N. J
Anastassost Srebren
Srebren
Revelation Chemical Company
Boy Scout Rally and Week Long Activities Planned
Washington community hosts a 7 15 PM Scout rally at the Methodist church with games exhibits and speakers Paul R McGuire and A B Baldrige. Other events this week include outdoor patrol contests and a Flapjack Banquet at the YMCA.
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Washington
Methodist Church
Paul R. McGuire
Iowa City
A. BE. Baldrige
Rotary Club of
Baptist Church
A. A. Ving
Vinz
YM. C. A
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Minnesota
William S. Ware
U. S
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Graham
Mrs. King
Boot
Paul R. M'Guire and
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RIGE
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