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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1948
Page
5
Denver police and district attorney chief investigator Ray Humphreys disclose a dog theft racket. Eight to ten pedigreed dogs vanish weekly as gang members case homes and lure or seize pets before transporting them to other states for sale.
War veterans have replaced Capone era crime as the police bomb squad’s business. Chief Frank Grady notes bombings are out of style and cites souvenir World War II hand grenades as the new trouble. The piece also references a Jersey resident Everette David and a Davis herd with unconnected remarks.
The text notes Mr and Mrs Proctor and children of Oelwein and Billy Lee Larson of Gary Indiana visiting Mr and Mrs Carl Oldfield. Mary Oldfield and Josephine of Fairfield called on the Oldfields. Larry Stransky received a Shetland pony for Christmas trained to do tricks and cousins Judy and Jerry Anderson visited to enjoy rides.
Pilotburg residents share holiday greetings and family visits. Kenneth Peters and children joined relatives at his sister in law’s home near Mt. Pleasant. Numerous Stransky relatives hosted kin in Washington and Wellman over Christmas, with gatherings extending to Des Moines and Ainsworth.
A sequence of weekly livestock sales across Iowa towns including Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Kalona Ollie and state closing out and public sales. Specific sale dates in January list times and locations for households furniture, farm equipment, and real estate with sellers such as Howard M. Stewart Dale Sasseen Mrs Frankshebeck Carl Jarrard Peter J Hammen Homer Jarrard Ernest Baker and Jake Fisher & Roy Page.
Mrs. Nellie Robertson went to Excelsior Springs rather than Mrs Grace Robertson as printed. The Kyle Orris family hosted the Christmas Eve oyster supper with all members present except Mrs Virgil Hering who is ill. The Raymond Robertson family visited Monmouth Illinois for Christmas with relatives. Mr and Mrs Bill Main and little Bill of Davenport were guests at Dr N J Lease’s home Christmas day. Arthur Rathmel took Mrs Rathmel from the hospital to her sister’s home where she will be cared for. doctor expects she will be up in a couple.
An Indianapolis housewife, Mrs. Russell Dummich, appealed to police after a week of nine taxi drivers, a wrecker driver, an ice cream man, and a washing machine repairman all claimed she had summoned them. A truck driver delivering coal at her oil heated home brought the latest incident to light.
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