Five men indicted for mail train robbery near Evergreen Park
A federal grand jury indicted Charles Cleaver William Donovan Frank Meccia Virgil Litsinger and William Jackson in the $133000 mail train robbery near Evergreen Park. Cleaver and Donovan spouses were named as accomplices and State informants. Bail was set at 100000 for each defendant with a potential 25 year prison term on conviction.
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Chicago
Fed
Evergreen Park
Charles “Limpy
Cleaver
William Donovan
Frank Meccia
Virgil Litsinger
William Jackson
Donovan
Adam C. Cliffe
Demons Open Sectional Play At Keota Friday
Washington high school hosts Keota in 3 PM Class A sectional opener as four teams compete. Other Class A game pits Wellman against Sigourney Saturday morning with winners meeting Saturday night. Class NA begins Tuesday with three first round games.
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Washington High School Demons
Keota
Wellman and
Sigourney
Wellman
Lone Tree
Thornburg
Packwood
Richland
Ollie
West Chester
Pleasant Plain
South English
Brighton
Keswick
Kalona
Kinross
Lone Tree-Thornburg
Y’s Men Entreat Board Members on Club Program
Y’s Men’s club hosted five Y M C A governing body members to showcase its service program. Guests included J H Peet D J Ross Fred Stewart J M Bratten and Chas Davis. President Russell Jennings opened the session with Richard McCleery leading the discussion on the sixth club object to support Y M C A activities.
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Y's Men’s Club
Y’s Men
J. H. Peet
D. J. Ross
Fred Stewart
J. M. Bratten
Chas
Davis
Russell Jennings
Richard MecCleery
Th Club
Ted Brown
Dave Taylor
Clarence Logan
Dwight N Lewis to resign from State Railway Commission
Des Moines reports Dwight N Lewis commerce counsel will likely resign to become vice president of United Public Service Company in Chicago. He will attend an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Kansas City and may announces his departure plans soon. Neil Garrett is named as possible successor and Judge H H Henderson noted as a potential candidate.
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Dwight Lewis
State Railway Commission
Des Moines
Dwight N. Lewis
United Public Service Company
Chicago
Lewis
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Concern
Neil Garrett
John Decletioe
Garrett
Railroad Commission
Commerce
Junior High Pupils Stage Notable Operetta and Orchestra
A large Washington audience praised a junior high school operetta Hiawatha's Childhood in Indian costume. The program featured dances recitations solos and chorus with strong piano and orchestra numbers from Bach Haydn and Schubert plus a high school orchestra prelude.
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Washington
Hiawatha
Longfellow
Norma Reaney
Edith Boileau
Norma Becker
S. A. Dickerson
Dickerson
Bach
Haydn
Beyer
Schumann
Greig
Tschaikowsky
Schubert
Gluck
Whozit Displayed at Bridges Millinery Store Window
Mrs Will Cox of Washington shows the Whozit model in a Bridges millinery window after winning a 1000 prize from Radio Digest months ago. The unique creation required much artistic skill and many hours of labor.
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Will Cox
Washington
Radio Digest
Bridges
Cox
Insurance man Charles Kopp dies moving mudbound car
Burlington report says 65 year old Charles Kopp of Burlinon died of a heart attack while trying to move his automobile stuck in mud near Morning Sun. The incident occurred late yesterday afternoon.
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Charles Kopp
Burlinon
Senate Approves Flood Control Bill Cost Shift
The Senate Commerce Committee agreed on a $8.325 billion flood control bill under which the federal government would cover most construction costs. A supervising board comprising the army chief of engineers, the Mississippi River Commission president, and a civil engineer would oversee details. Local communities would contribute one third of levee construction where needed to meet 1914 standards, with waivers on drainage works. The measure aims to end major differences and set final terms for passage.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Jones
Senate
Army Chief of Engineers
Mississippi River Commission
Congress
Commission
Kellogg Seeks France Join in War Renunciation Move
Secretary Kellogg said the United States hopes France will join in a simple and unequivocal renunciation of war. The note states that the precise wording is unimportant as long as all parties clearly abolish war among themselves. Kellogg urges a universal rejection of war beyond any treaty with reservations.
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Washington
France
United States
Kellogg
Paris
Briand
Complications in Extra Day Says Leap Year Affects Pockets
New York reports leap day Feb 29 causes a mixed financial effect. Landlords gain free rent from tenants, money lenders recover no interest, and government payrolls are paid without work, balancing foreign debt losses. The piece notes leap day also keeps seasons aligned to prevent a gradual shift over centuries.
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New York
Salvation Army to Open Camp Aton
I H Fairfield states the Salvation Army plans a statewide annual drive to fund its relief department maternity home in Des Moines and other employment bureaus. He notes many unemployed men with families and displaced women seek aid at Salvation Army shelters, including 239 residents last year at Des Moines, and urges public generosity.
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I. H. Fairfield
Salvation Army
Journal
Relief Department
Des Moines
United States
Deputy Opens Tax Help at Post Office for Local Payers
Deputy revenue collector Wilson Reed will be at the post office building for the balance of the week to assist residents with income tax reports. He will address problems and guide filers in person.
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Wilson Reed
Reed
Miners slain in Pittston ambush shocks Pennsylvania town
State police patrolled Pittston after a fresh insurgent mine union conflict left two men dead, Alex Campbell age 45 and Peter Reilly age 25, as gunmen vanished along with a motor car tied to the shooting. The region reels from earlier killings linked to insurgent factions and police warn against reprisals.
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Wilkesbarre
Pittston
Alex Campbell
Peter Reilly
Thomas Lillis
Campbell
Big Sam
Greece
Frank Agaty
Reilly
Shepherd Joins Corbin Shoe Store in town
Lynn Shepherd, formerly with Frank L. Wilson shoe store, becomes a salesman at The Corbin Store starting March 1. He previously worked in Mason City Iowa as a shoe salesman and is praised for his presence and selling skill. E W Corbin bought Charles Barretts interest in the east side store.
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Lynn Shepherd
Frank L. Wilson
Corbin
Mr. Shepherd
Mason City
Iowa
E. W. Corbin
Charles Barrett
East Side
Cotter Wins Two Firsts in Contests at Columbus
A state preliminary declamatory contest at Columbus high school auditorium drew Cotter Wyman Grandview and Columbus entrants. Winners include Shysle Edwards Cotter in Oratorical with Padlocks and Rock Piles and Lyle Weber Columbus Junction in The American Infantry. Pauline Simmons Wyman won Dramatic first with Ole Mistus. Mary Thomas Cotter took Humorous first with The wedding of Miss Bray.
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Columbus High School
Cotter
Wryman
Grandview
Columbus
Shysle Edwards
Lyle Weber
Columbus Junction
American Infantry
Pauline Simmons
Wyman
Ole’ Mistus
Lucile Oak
Telham
Mary Thomas
Miss Bray
Ronald Gast
Chicago Board of Education Faces New Trial Problem
Chicago board of education meets to end the drugged trial of William McAndrew suspended superintendent charged with unfairness to George Washington Patrick Henry and Chicago teachers. The dispute centers on back salary of 5000 if acquitted and whether to close the case without McAndrew present.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
William McAndrew
George Washington
Patrick Henry
McAndrew
Issueeso
Funeral of Mrs Ruben Tomorrow in Lincoln
Funeral services for Mrs Peter Ruben will be held Thursday at 3 PM at L A Tones funeral home in Lincoln. Rev C W Klein of Moline will officiate. Mrs Ruben died suddenly after a paralytic stroke Monday morning. She was born Mary Werling May 7 1854 in New Orleans and had marriages to Leonard Ten Ryke in 1881 and Peter Ruben in 1895.
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Peter Ruben
L. A. Tones
C. W. Klein
Moline
Jery
Ruben
Elm Grove
Mary Werling
Katherine Werling
New Orleans
Leonard Ten Ryke
Frank
Thev
Missouri
Ilinois
Washington County
County
Lincoln
Hav
Large Air Force Seeks Naval Aviators Over East Coast
The Air Force and Navy comb Chesapeake Bay area to locate Commander Ellyson and two companions missing after a flight from Hamp ton Roads Virginia to Annapolis Maryland. Thirty three planes and three air ships participate with the J-3 airship ordered from Lakewood to assist.
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East Coast
Washington
Ellyson
Lexington
Hlampon Roads
Annapolis Md
Army
Navy
Chespeake Bay
Lakewood
Dirigible Los Angeles Moored in Cuban Bay Today
The navy dirigible Los Angeles was moored to the naval tender Patoka in Guanacayabo bay Cuba at 1 05 p m today about two hours after arriving from the Panama Canal Zone on its return to Lakehurst New Jersey Lieut Commander C E Rosen dahl transmitted the update and did not say how long it would remain.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Patoka
Guanacayabo Bay
Cuba
Panama Canal Zone
Lakehurst
N. J
C. E. Rosendahl
Navy Department
Rothsehld and Russell Jen Nines Motored to Jarling
Rothsehld and Russell Jen Nines traveled to Jarling this morning on business, noted in local transport and activity records.
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T. Rothsehld
Russell Jennines
Jarling
President Confers on Farm Relief in Washington
President Coolidge held separate talks with three men on farm relief. The House Agriculture Committee plans to report a bill likely next week containing an equalization fee he objects to, with Rep Parnell saying only the fee remains objectionable. Minnesota lawmakers urged passage of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill including the fee.
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Washington
Coolidge
House Agriculture Committee
Parnell
Indiana
McNary
Minnesota
Congress
Gas Tax Receipts Rise in January In Des Moines
Gasoline tax receipts for January totaled 603764.55 dollars, rising by over 14000 from December, per Carrie Dach acting superintendent of the motor vehicle department.
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Des Moines
Carrie Dach
Motor Vehicle Department
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Commerce Counsel
Milburn McKay
Milan Shields
Boileau
Burlington
U.S
VPATE
Pittston, Pa
Miners’ Union
Teader
Pennsylvania Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Shepherd
Corbin Shoe Store
Tlavre Commun
Ileness
McNary, Jardine and Purnell
President Coolidge
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
Walter P. Neff
Kansas City Drovers Telegram
Committee On Agriculture and Forestry Today
Neff
J. G. Ketner
Nation Livestock Producing Association
Arthur W. Miller
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Plant Industry
Bureau of Entomose
Biological Survey
Bureau of Agriculture
Texas
Forest Service
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