Livestock Men Hear F H Kelley at County Meeting
About 150 men from county sections attended a Y M C A meeting to align with farm board policies under the new marketing act. Francis H Kelley of Chicago producers urged cooperative marketing to stabilize hog prices and to unite producers for an orderly livestock market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Walker
Farm Board
Francis H. Kelley
Chicago Producers
Kelley
Keley
Hersh
State Shippers Association
Chicago
Washington
Washington County
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville Riverside
West Chester
Brighton Washington
Haskins
Convicts Escape From State Prison In Connecticut
Three inmates escaped from the state prison in Wethersfield Connecticut at about 5 a.m. One is RoLan Lalone of Worcester Massachusetts serving a life term for killing State Police officer Thomas Nelson in Pomfret two years ago. Also escaping were Watson Moulthrope and Leo Landry. State police spread out to recapture them after the kitchen tunnel or aperture was found used in the breakout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wfeathersfield
Conn
Jan
U.P
Rolan, Lalone
Worchester
Mass
Thomas Nelson
Pomfret
Waton Moulthrope
Leo Landry
Monday's Five Bec Features on Radio
List of radio features scheduled for Monday across networks. Roxey's Gang on WEAF at 7 30, The Gypsies on WIZ at 6 30, General Motor hour on WRAF at 6 30, Empire Builders on WIZ at 9 30, Voice of Columbia on WABC at 9 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
WIZ
NBC
WRAF
CBS
Voice of Columbia
Quimby Bank Robbery Ties To Statewide Wave
Bandits held up the Quimby State Bank in a bold robbery amid a statewide crime wave. About $5,000 was taken as two thieves forced staff and customers to the floor then locked a pair in the vault before escaping toward Sioux City. local officials note the timing linked to a funeral, marking the largest loot in the series since last March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tue Yandits
Frank Wessling
Jennie Johnson
Rudolph Bergurt
Sioux City
Frank Ryan
G. E. Courtney
Garrod
Quimby
Young People Meet at Y M C A Leads January February
Edwin H. Griffith leads the first of eight "happy hour" meetings at the Y M C A with Methodist youth in charge. December program features group singing scripture reading violin solo by James Kezer and readings by Mary Pauls. Schedule lists Jan 7 Methodist Griffith Jan 14 Baptist Walker Jan 21 United Presbyterian Fulton Jan 28 Girl Reserves Cuddy Feb 4 Christian Moore Feb 11 DeMolay Westphal Feb 18 Presbyterian Shields Feb 25 Hi Y Coulter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Griffith
Methodist Church
James Kezer
University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra
Ralph Shannon
Mary Pauls
Barbara Cuddy
Methodist
Baptist
Wilma Walker
United Presbyterian
David Fulton
Edward S Curtis Dies Near Columbus Junction
Edward S Curtis, 76, prominent retired farmer, died Friday at his Fredonia home near Columbus Junction after about a year of illness. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM at Fredonia Methodist Church with Rev. W A Lamp officiating. burial in Indian Creek cemetery. Born Aug 14 1853 in Chillicothe Missouri, he moved to Concord township in 1868. Survived by widow Mary Newell, three sons Robert Raleigh NC Benjamin Quenemo KS Carl Concord township, two daughters A W Newell Pueblo CO Carrie at home, 16 grandchildren, one great grandchild, and brother T J L Curtis Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Edward S. Curtis
Fredonia
Fredonia Methodist Church
W. A. Lamp
Indian Creek
Curt’s
Chillicothe
Seth Curtis
Concord Township
Mary Newell
Here
Fredon
Robert
Raleigh
N. C
Benjamin
Quenemo
Kansas
Carl
A. W. Newell
Pueblo, Cole
Carrie
T. J. L. Curtis
Muscatine
Mellon Refuses Resignation Amid Prohibition Clash
Secretary Mellon stands firm with President Hoover as Congress resumes in January. The administration backs transferring alcohol enforcement from the Treasury to the Justice Department. A rift grows in the Wet Commission with at least two resignations anticipated if unresolved. Attorney General Mitchell proposes a capital enforcement act increasing penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Hoover
Congress
Mellen
I Prohib
Ion Contoversy
Treasury
Justice Department
Commission
White House
Mitchell
Washigton
Planes Sear for Bodies After Ocean Collision
At Santa Monica dawn salvage crews with grappling hooks began lifting two planes believed to hold seven of ten men killed when a mid air collision occurred near Point Vincente. The craft were found yesterday after a hook snagged landing gear and the ships sank back to the seabed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Cal
U.P
Pacific Ocean
Sineepersi
Point Vincente
Superintendent of Boone County Quits
Glove McCall resigned as Boone County superintendent of schools a post held since August 1 1929. Ouster proceedings alleged lack of proper qualifications and the state attorney general ruled she did not hold the required certificate to serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone, Tra
Glove McCall
Boone County
State Attorney General's Office
Bennell of Kalona Undergoes Appendectomy
Raymond J Bennell was operated on Thursday night for appendicitis at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs John Bennell in Kalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond J. Bennell
Kalona
John Bennell
Fire Chief Defies Council Over Firing 235 Chicago Workers
Chicago Fire Chief Al Goodrich protests cuts as city trims more than 2,100 jobs amid a strained budget. He vows no firefighter firings while in charge, as Police Commissioner Russell discloses widespread reductions and the city council seeks to balance a 1930 budget of 55 million dollars against a debt exceeding 200 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
al” Goodrich
Albert W. Goodrich
Russell
New York
Billy Reighard, First Washington County Baby of 1930
Announcement notes Billy Marsh Reighard as the first Washington county baby born in 1930. He arrived at 9 o'clock New Year's morning, at home twelve miles west of Washington in Dutch Creek township, with parents and a 7 year old brother Paul. He is the fourth local baby to receive gifts from merchants, following 1927 Wilbur Day, 1928 Shirley Mae Brown, and 1929 David Allen Deiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Marsh Reighard
Washington County
Billy
Paul
Washington
Dutch Creek Township
Wilbur Day
Brighton
Shirley Mae Brown
David Allen Deiner
Wellman
Birth of Eight Pound Boy in Trenton Missouri
Mrs. Max Marble learns by telegram this morning of the birth to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cramer of Trenton, Mo. The newborn weighs eight pounds and the Cramers are sister to Mrs. Marble. Cramer has visited here several times and is well known locally. John Etten reports 18 pullets with six hatched March 15 and starting to lay August 16, plus twelve Wyandottes hatched in May starting to lay mid-October. Friday he gathered 16 eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Marble
Frank Cramer
Trenton
Cramer
Marble
John E‘tben
Journal
Dorothy Dowell Returns to Cedar Falls for Holidays
Dorothy Dowell, a student at Iowa State Teachers College, came back to Cedar Falls this morning to spend holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Dowell of East Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dowell
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Mrs
George Dowell
East Main Street
New Year Gossip and Local Mishap in Harmony
Harmony notes a cheerful start to the year with neighbors dining at Chas Schiebel’s home. Cha Longer family returns from Des Moines after visiting Tom Evans. Chas Schiebel losses a valuable horse Sunday. Walter Longer reports Mr Griffith injuring foot and elbow in a recent accident. hopes for quick recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Schiebel
S. R. Miller
Ida Patterson
Chas. Schiebel
Marriage and Divorce Trends in Washington County 1929
Washington county records show one divorce per nine marriage licenses in 1929. The district issued 16 divorces and 106 licenses to marry, with licenses below the four year average of 114. Most divorces were wife-initiated for cruel and inhuman treatment. alimony occurred in four cases, and seven involve minor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Kalona Delegation Attends Christian Revival Services
Kalona residents attend a revival meeting as evangelist Coonradt speaks on The Spirit of Man the Lords Lamp. He contrasts conscience guided by God with unenlightened conscience and cites Cornelius Lydia and Paul. Services continue with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and church services at 11 a m with evening service at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Evariette
Nicholson
Fillmore
Evangelist
Evangelist Coonradt
Christ
Heaven
Earth
Cornelius
Lydia
Paul
Olds Game Tonight at 7 45 Between Y Team and Collegians
The scheduled basketball game between a Y team and collegians from Olds was postponed from yesterday and will be played tonight at 7 45 according to Y officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olds
Cartoonist Briggs Dies of Pneumonia in New York
Clare Briggs, 54, creator of popular cartoon series such as When A Feller Needs A Friend and Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feeling, died last night after a month of pneumonia. His condition worsened yesterday before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Clare Briggs
Briggs
Seven High School Boys Die in Bus Train Crash
A busload of students from Burbank Ohio returning from a basketball tournament collided with a Pennsylvania express near Shreve killing seven boys aged 16 to 18 and injuring nine others. Survivors describe a chaotic scene as the party sang after their team won 80 to 21 over Big Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreve
Ourogan
Here
Burbank
Big Prairie
Small Whisler Child Hurt in Car Collision
Frances Whisler two years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Percy F Whisler of four miles northeast of town received a long gash in her forehead yesterday evening when struck by a piece of glass after a collision between the Whisler car and a car driven by Verne Anderson at a corner northeast of town She was taken to the county hospital where the wound was dressed Others in the two cars were not hurt The machines were considerably damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Whisler
Percy F. Whisler
Whisler
Verne Anderson
Capitol Studio Fire Causes Seven Thousand Dollar Loss
Capital architect David Lynn reports preliminary findings on a blaze that damaged the capitol building by $7,000. He notes artist Charles Moberly, who worked in the senate wing studio, hinted at drinking earlier and suggested the fire began from a match or cigarette or possibly spontaneous combustion near oil paint soaked rags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
David Lynn
Capital Architect
Capitol
Lynn
Charles Moberly
Moberly
Senate
Washington
White House
Garner
Texas
Kenneth Keeler
Salt Lake City
San
Keeler
Capitol Guard
Capitol Hill
Chopping Bee Helps Washington Farmers Clear Wood
Community event organized by Rev Carl W Klein draws about 60 workers from Washington and Dutch Creek to cut and stack stove wood for 25 families over a day. Timber from Singmasters near Dutch Creek, services by local firms, and a communal chicken dinner aided the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carl W. Klein
Washington and Valley St. Paul's
Dewey Hornung
G. H. Mayer
Washington International Company
American Pearl Button Company
L. B. Lupton
Howard Snyder
Rev Victor Witter Resigns Iowa Baptist Post
The Rev Victor N Witter state director of religious education for eight years with the Iowa Baptist convention announced resignation. He will become director of similar work in Seattle Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Victor N. Witter
Iowa Baptist Convention
Witter
Seattle
Wash
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F. H. Kelley
Iowa
Quin
Yesterd
Bandi
Edward
Curtis
Junction
Billy Reighard
Group OF Washington
BUSI
NESS
Harmony Walter Longer
Christian Revival
Blaze
Painter
Chas. Mobherly
Singmasters
Clarence Singmaster
Frank Flanders
Dutch Creek
Keokuk County
Valley Church
Rubio
Catlett
Victor Witter
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