Gunman slain as five more shot in Miami embassy club hold up
A Chicago gunman leading a six man gang died in a failed hold up at the exclusive embassy club in Miami. Five others were wounded including T Phillip Perkins and Gene Eckman. Two bandits fled. two policemen Mack Oakford and D P Davis intervened with gunfire in plain clothes during the 2:30 A M raid.
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T. Phillip Perkins
Embassy Club
A. Y
Yarbrough
George Meyers
Tulsa
Okla
Gene Eckman
Frank Wood
Perkins
Mack Oakford
D. P. Davis
Oakford
Davis
Rush Production on New Ford Cars Starts Next Week
Detroit February 27. Ford Motor company to begin rush production of eight and four cylinder models at its assembly plant next week. More than 10,000 men currently on Ford payrolls with hiring ongoing. Tentative schedules aim for 5,000 cars daily, with annual costs nearing 300 million dollars and potential output above 18.8 million cars yearly.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Oska loosa Ramseyers man inspects flocks nearby
Millard Maxtead of Oska loosa Ramsayer service man was inspecting flocks in the vicinity yesterday. The report notes his visit as part of Ramseyers efforts in the area.
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Millard Maxtead
Oskaloosa
Ramsayer
Republicans of County Call for Convention Delegates
Chairman G E Mace of the Washington county Republican committee calls a county convention at eleven oclock March 12 in the courthouse to choose 14 delegates for the state convention at Des Moines March 22 and appoints precinct caucuses March 5 to name the county delegates with specified representation from each precinct.
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Washington County
Republican Committee
Court House
Des Moines
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Washington
Rees
Ole Pee
County Declam Contest Opens at Washington High
The intermediate division of the Washington county rural school declamatory contest was held this morning at the Washington high school auditorium. Results in the intermediate dramatic were: first Miriam Stannard of Clay Independent reading When the Little Boy Ran Away, second Mary Davison of Franklin reading The Death Disk, third Ruth Scranton of White Oak reading The Christmas Rose. In the intermediate humorous
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Washington County Rural School
Washington High School
Miriam Stannard
Clay Independent
Mary Davison
Franklin Reading
Ruth Scranton
White Oak Reading
Iowa drive reports 4,362 diverted to steady work since campaign
In Des Moines on February 27 the national action for employment reports 4,362 formerly unemployed men placed in steady jobs in Iowa. Keeting notes 90 of 99 counties organized and 2,000 placements in Cedar Rapids. Other towns include Sioux City 800 Des Moines 873 Waterloo 270 Persia 1 Beaman 8 Burlington 140 Cedar Falls 70 Mason City 100 Ottumwa 100.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United Action For Employment
Fred Keeting
Keeting
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Waterloo
Persia
Beaman
Burlington
Cedar Falls
Mason City
Ottumwa
Journal Offers Personal Want-Ad Service Growth
The Journals personal want-ad service, introduced this week, reports strong response with many users selling unneeded items buying bargains renting homes and locating lost articles. Miss Briley represents the Journal in a plan offering definite assistance and credit to the service’s success.
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Washington Trade Area
Local Reading Contest Winners Named
Ruth Smith, Wilma Richards and Martha Saunders place in an afternoon reading contest with works by Who's Afraid The Bath Hour and The Bride and the Butcher. Judges include Superintendent J H Peet J A Taylor and Miss Boneta Larby assisted by Miss Charlotte Foster and Miss Harriet Barrett.
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Ruth Smith
Pleasant Plains
Wilma Richards
White Hawk
Martha Saunders
Hopewell
Supt
J. H. Peet
J. A. Taylor
Boneta Larby
Washington
Charlotte Foster
Harriet Barrett
Reinforcements Clash as Shanghai Battle Intensifies
The Japanese and Chinese forces in Shanghai deployed heavy reinforcements. Japanese units arrived aboard the Shanghai Maru and Takatsuki Maru, while General Chiang Kai-shek’s Chinese forty seventh division reached the city by rail. Kiangwan again looms as the next contested front with expected fighting.
Capone loses appeal on income tax sentence
Al Capone’s conviction and sentence for income tax evasion were upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals. He remains in county jail pending further appeal, with a $50 000 fine and about $50 000 in costs. He faces ten years at Leavenworth for tax violations and a one year misdemeanor in county jail. He is to begin serving the federal term first.
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Chicago
INS
al Capone
Federal Penitentiary
United States Court of Appeals
Capone
James H. Wilkerson
Crowley declines Iowa coaching job
Jim Crowley, Michigan State coach and one of Notre Dame’s Four Horsemen, notified University of Iowa officials that he would not accept the coaching position.
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Iowa City
Jim” Crowley
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Four Horsemen
University of Iowa
Washington Cardinals win final conference game
The Washington junior college Cardinals upset Centerville early then pulled away to win 44 to 31 securing an unbeaten conference record. They have beaten Burlington Muscatine Albia Bloomfield and Centerville and will compete in the state junior college tournament next month likely at Fort Dodge or Mason City. Centerville standout Bevington scored 13 while Washington’s Ahrens led with 12.
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Cardinals
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Muscatine
Albia
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Gleshwaters
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Bevington
Ahrens
Washington
Whitney warns on stock market stall if speculation halted
Beverly Hills 27 Mr Whitney head of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange warns Congress that halting speculation would force people to dump stocks at current value. He says closing the exchange would spark a disaster with 115 million of 120 million celebrating as Armistice Day compared.
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Cal
Ireb
Mr. Whitney
N. York
Washington students sweep preliminaries in declamatory contest
Washington high school earned two first places at Keota in the preliminary declamatory contest. Milan Thompson won oratorical and William Stewart took dramatic. John Helseher of Keota won humorous. Sub district contest in about two weeks will determine advancement to the state series.
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Washington High School
Keota
Milan Thompson
William Stewart
John Helseher
Washington
Ainsworth
West Chester
Corena Ross
Virginia
Sterner Trial Set for Monday at Fairfield
Fairfield, Feb 27. The trial of Ennis Sterner of Batavia, linked with a group of farmers charged with conspiring against the state bovine tuberculosis testing law, is scheduled to begin Monday.
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Fairfield
INS
Ennis Sterner
Batavia
Iowa Offers Head Coaching Position to Local Figure
The report notes the head coaching job was proffered to him by the Iowa school. The completion of the hire is not detailed, but the offer indicates a major step in his coaching career within the state institution.
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Iowa
Dr. Droz Locates Permanent Practice in Washington
Dr. Keith A. Droz has established a permanent base in Washington occupying a new fifth floor suite in the Bailey building. He has secured the Rathmel home on West Washington Street with his sister Virginia, and plans a move next week. Frances Thomas, formerly of Washington and a local graduate, is noted in connection with the transition.
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Keith A. Droz
Washington
Bailey Building
Droz
Rathmel
West Washington Street
Virginia
Frances Thomas
Boileau Funeral Set for Sunday in Washington and Ainsworth
Funeral services for Mrs. Alvah Boileau are announced for Sunday at 2 30 p m in the L A Jones funeral home Washington with Dr F C Wittigman of the Washington Methodist church officiating Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery at Washington She died shortly before noon yesterday after a two week illness She was 52 years old Born February 8 1880 in Louisa county She lived in Washington county most of her life Married November 28 1897 to Alvah Boileau Their home has been in Ainsworth for thirteen years Surviving are two daughters Mrs George Hindahl of Washington and Mrs Burton Wheeler of Ainsworth four sons James H Harry R Harold F and Donald Boileau all of Ainsworth One twin brother Ernest Smith and a sister Mrs M A Mace of Washington a brother Martin Smith of Muscatine and a half brother Horace Worley of Washington Also survives.
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Alvah Boileau
L. A Jones
Washington
F.C. Wittigman
Church
Woodlawn
Louisa County
William H
Amandae
Reece) Smith
Calhoun County
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George Hindahl
Burton Wheeler
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Harold F
Donald Boileau
Ernest Smith
M. A. Mace
Martin Smith
Muscatine
Horace Worley
Louisa County Woman Dies at Cairo Home
Mrs Arthur Mewhirter formerly Ona Sellers of Columbus Junction dies at 48 after influenza and complications. Survived by husband Harold and daughter Elizabeth, with brothers Frank and George Sellers. Funeral and burial planned in Cairo. time pending. She was active in local organizations including the Woman's Relief Corps.
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Arthur Mewhirter
Cairo
Here
Mewhirter
Ona Sellers
Ciro
Reece Sellers
Harold
Elizabeth
Prank Sellers
Burlington
George Sellers
Wewhirter
Woman's Relief Corps
Dr Droz Opens Washington Practice
Journal readers and many friends welcome Dr Droz to Washington as he begins his medical practice here after leaving the Children’s Hospital in Chicago. He is expected to bring skilled care and a steady presence to the local medical community.
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Dr. Droz
Miss Thomas
Children’s Hospital
Chicago
Journal
Washington
Hope Fades In Pocahontas Mine Rescue
In Pocahontas Virginia 30 miners remain trapped after a morning explosion at the Boissevain mine of the Pocahontas Fuel company. Rescue teams press through smoke filled passages as bad air slows efforts with no word from the trapped men. Engineers from the US Bureau of Mines joined local crews in Pocahontas to aid the frantic search.
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INS
Boissevain
Pocanhontas Fuel Company
Norton
United States Bureau of Mines
Hoissevain
Prosperity Drive Under Glass-Steagall Liberalization Plan
Federal Reserve officials move to enforce Glass-Steagall liberalization provisions. Regulations widen discount privileges to strengthen the banking structure and reduce bank failures, surpassing prior measures from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and extending deposit guarantees.
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INS
Federal Reserve
Glass-Stead Gall Bank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Finance Corporation
Iowa State Teachers Triumph Over Parsons College
The Iowa State Teachers basketball team won 32 to 30 at Fairfield, marking their fifth straight victory. They led 21 to 14 at halftime, fending off Parsons College’s late rally in a tight second half.
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Iowa State
Tutors
Parsons College
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