Condron testifies as Hauptmann trial hears fantastical Lindbergh tale
Dr. John F. Cond on finished nearly two days on the Lindbergh kidnapping story then defense introduces a steel dressed mystery witness Mrs Keeran who says she was at Condon's home and given letters. Condon admits knowing her and says he may have exaggerated details to outsiders while the defense highlights contradictions in his various accounts.
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Flemington
N. J
John F. Condon
Hauptmann
U.P
Bruno Richa Hauptmann
J. F. Condon
Keeran
Condon
Three Men Break Jail In Mahaska
Three prisoners escaped from Mahaska county jail in Oskaloosa during breakfast hour. Ray Clark and Vern Henry of Albia and Fred Jewel of Des Moines fled after sawing through a second story window bars and fleeing in a waiting car. Jewel knocked down jail officer’s wife during the escape. Clark and Henry faced torture robbery charges in Eddyville and Jewel faced kidnapping and robbery charges in Sigourney.
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Oskaloosa
WBE
Mahaska County
Ray
Glark
Vern Henry
Albia
Fred Jewel
Des Moines
State Penitentiary
Jack Hummel
Clark
Henry
Eddyville
Jewel
Sigourney
N. Sondag
Harper
Iowa Column Notes First 1955 Income Tax Payment
Des Moines report notes the first payment of the state individual net income tax for 1955 made by Mrs. Gwendolyn Miller of Storm Lake. The column reflects on tax start and the named taxpayer in a concise local context.
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Des Moines
Gwendolyn Miller
Storm Lake
Burlington Sterling Lord Re-elected Scout Leader
Sterling Lord, Burlington, re-elected president of the southeast Iowa Boy Scout council at the annual banquet and meeting. Walter Head of St. Louis, president of the national council, was the principal speaker at Hotel Burlington Tuesday night.
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Burlington
Sterling Lord
Boy Scout Council
Hotel Burlington
Walter Head
St. Louis
National Council
Grant Wood Receives Red Flannel Underwear Suit
Iowa artist Grant Wood is rewarded with a suit of genuine red flannel underwear after two months of urgent appeals via newspaper ads and letters. He plans to paint the unusual garment in homage to old fireman red style.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood
Wife Follows Husband After Short Illness
Davenport Mrs. Margaret Dorgan, 59, prominent in city music circles, died Tuesday from pneumonia. Her husband John Dorgan, a druggist, died recently after being kicked in the abdomen on New Year's Eve causing peritonitis. he died January 3.
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Davenport
Margaret Dorgan
Rie City
Huband
John Dorgan
U S Students on Emergency Relief at Iowa State University
A report states 06 U S students in Iowa City are on Emergency Relief at the State University of Iowa. They draw a monthly payroll of 7.68 dollars. Individual earnings range from 15 to 20 dollars a month.
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U. S
Iowa City
State University of
Williams Claims Six Foot Wolf Shot In Cedar County
Tipton Orrie Williams of Cedar Vatfrey treclaimed his win for killing one of the largest wolves ever found in Cedar county. The wolf measured six feet. Williams tracked the wolf with a shotgun.
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Tipton
Orrie Williams
Cedar Vatfrey
Cedar County
Williams
Des Moines-Rhodes selections announced by judging committee
The district announced four Des Moines Rhodes scholars with Samuel R. Dunlap from the University of Iowa named among them. Dunlap is listed as a research assistant at Iowa and was one of the four selected in the distribution.
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Des Moines
Rhodes
Distri
Samuel R. Dunlap
University of Iowa
Muscatine Residents Reluctant on Health and Housing Survey
Officials from the state planning board faced reluctance from Muscatine residents as they conducted a health and housing survey. Fear that the data could be used to verify income tax returns kept many households from cooperating.
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Muscatine
State Planning Board
Ten Divorces Granted in Polk County Courts
Tuesday at the Polk County courthouse three courts granted eleven divorces all to women as no marriage licenses were issued.
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Polk County
Des Moines
Mrs Miller Pushes State Highway Safety Patrol
Mrs. Alex Miller secretary of state urged creation of a highway safety patrol with five members and a broader motor vehicle law revision. She said the patrol would serve motorists and enforce laws while adding 36 officers could raise 250 600 in registration fees.
Trapper jailed for late fur theft after season
Waterloo Forrest J. Harvey of La Porte City began a 61 day jail term Wednesday for taking furs after the 1934 season closed. He was identified as 40 years old and the offense occurred in that period.
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Trapper
Waterloo
Forrest J. Harvey
la Porte City
Davenport Police Suspend Officers for No Beer on Duty
Police chief Sam Kelly suspended Officer William Schwinden and another squad member after a duty period with no beer reference, as reported by the Davenport bureau. Details on charges or disciplinary steps were not immediately provided.
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Davenport
Sam Kelly
William Schwinden
Comparatively Few Measles Cases Reported at Local Schools
Forty Centennial students were absent yesterday mainly due to measles or exposure. Many are susceptibles awaiting confirmation. Lincoln and Wallace schools show fewer absences and only two or three measles cases at Heights school.
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Centennial School
Lincoln and Wallace’ School
Heights School
Appeal of Slayers of Iowa Officer Rejected
Des Moines narrow ruling: the Iowa supreme court denies Kilmer Brewer and Patrick Griffin a further appeal in the murder of Deputy Sheriff William Dillworth in Waterloo. The death sentence, set by Black Hawk County Court in January 1933, stands, pending possible gubernatorial reprieve.
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Slayers of Iowa
Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Kilmer Brewer
Patrick Griffin
Waterloo
Supreme Court
Blackhawk
William Dillworth
Chris Hansen suspended five days for in‑tavern drink on duty
Chris Hansen faced a five day suspension for drinking a beer in a tavern here early Wednesday while on duty. The disciplinary action covers five weekdays starting Wednesday and ending next Monday.
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Chris Hansen
Oneida School Bus Overturns In Snow Bank
A Oneida Consolidated school bus overturned in a snow bank Monday night near the edge of the road. Nearly a score of children escaped injury as the bus driver Russell Paris narrowly avoided a worse crash.
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Oneida
Russell Paris
Toro Ton
Y M C A Circus Transforms Building for Big Event
The Y M C A in Washington buzzes as the Y Circus takes over from four to seven thirty preparing booths, scenery, and food for a grand show. Vaudeville and athletic acts run at 8 20 and 9 20 with a basketball challenge between alumni women and high school faculty.
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Journal
Roma Clemons
Poultry Show Entries Extended to January 15
Washington county poultry show organizers moved entry closing to Jan 15 due to bad roads and weather. The event runs Jan 15 16 17 at city hall with about 300 entries expected. Admission is free and coffee is served. exhibitors can file and deliver birds the same day.
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Washington County
City Hall
The
County Poultry Association
Flurries of Snow End Foggy Weather
A cooler air mass dispersed four days of dense fog overnight. By noon light snow flurries fell but capped only minimal accumulation and were not noticeable.
Millens Attempt to Break Out of Prison at Dedham
Dedham Massachusetts January 19 1930s era report says Mullens gang members faced electrocution after a jail break attempt failed when buckshot shattered a cell window. Morton Millen leader struck a guard with pepper spray and fled before being overpowered. A lookout with a revolver was arrested outside. Millen’s wife Norma serves a year as accessory in the crimes.
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Dedham
Mass
Millen
Morton Millen
Needham
Norma
Court Adjourns Until Next Monday in Washington County
Judge J G Patterson adjourned the January term of the Washington county district court to next Monday. Trial of jury cases is scheduled to begin then. The grand jury reported yesterday and jurors were dismissed for the term, subject to recall.
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J. G. Patterson
Washington County District Court
Are You Scotch Then Read This Dinner Invitation
A group of Scottish descendants invites readers to a Burns birthday banquet on Friday January 25 at the Congress hotel. No formal invites, contact by January 23, fifty cent plates, bagpipes wanted, Scottish menu and singing planned, talks and Burns poems likely. Celebrations exist in Colorado Springs and other cities with Caledonian societies.
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Robert Burns
Burns
Congress Hotel
Journal
Turkey
United States
Colorado Springs
Scotland
Washington
Washington Church of Christ reports record 1934 and plans 1935
The Washington Church of Christ held its annual meeting praising a year with a treasury surplus and all church organizations funded. Dr S P Telford declined reelection due to health while Pastor Vernon H Carter and wife were commended for leadership and a salary rise of 331 percent. Sunday school enrollment rose 2060 percent with 45 percent adult growth. Ladies Aid raised nearly $600.
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Washington Church of Christ
S. P. Telford
Congregational
Telford
Vernon H. Carter
Clare Nicholson
C. BE. Clark
Sigourney Church
Leslie Dunlap
Sunday School
Ladies Aid Society
Dill Bolleau
Christian Endeavor
Mrs Ralston of West Chester Dead
Funeral services for Mrs. W. L. Ralston of West Chester are set for Friday at 1 36 PM at the Ralston home. Rev M LeFever will lead, burial in New Haven cemetery, with Marsh Funeral Home handling arrangements. She died after a five year illness. She was born August 30 1867, daughter of J and Anna Crayne, married February 14 1900 to W L Ralston. Surviving: husband a daughter Mrs Doyle Smith of West Chester and siblings Mrs Frank McFarlane Washington Elmer Crayne Osceola M E Crayne Oska loosa Mrs J E Arnold Chinook MT Mrs George Horsley British Columbia Mrs James Gallagher Los Angeles and Mrs Cora Kirchner Keota.
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W. L. Ralston
Frank McFarlane
Washington
Ralston
West Chester
M. LeFever
Crayne
Anna (Walton) Crayne
Doyle Smith
Bank at Leighton Looted by Bandits
Two well dressed young men held up the Farmers' Savings Bank in Leighton Iowa. They locked two officers in the vault and fled in a V-8 Ford. One banker later opened the vault from inside and notified others.
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Leighton
Iowa
ULP
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Polk Supervisors Accept Federal Relief Funds
Polk county will receive 153000 dollars in federal relief for January after agreeing to administer relief on a one unit basis. The move ends a suspension by Iowa Administrator E. H. Mulock prompted by local tax concerns from residents worried about higher county taxes.
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Des Moines
Polk County
FERA
Federe
Iowa
E. H. Mulock
Grand Jury Indicts Iowa Liquor Regulator in Cedar Rapids
Linn county grand jury charges Harold M. Cooper chair of the Iowa state liquor commission with violation of the state liquor control act. Inquiry centered on gifting 200 state liquor seals to J. Leroy Farmer of a local canning company. Indictment cites knowingly allowing illegal liquor. Potential fine ranges from 300 to 1000 dollars or three months to a year in jail.
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Farmer
Cooper
Wisconsin
Cooper Des Moines
QLPB
Harold M. Cooper
State Liquor Commission
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
U.P
Iowa State Liquor Commission
Linn County Grand Jury
Grand
J. Leroy Farmer
Commission Says No Store Here Yet
DES MOINES IA January 10 the state liquor commission says no liquor store will open in Washington director assistant to the chairman said the commission has discussed Washington but has not decided to establish a store.
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Des Moines
State Liquor Commission
Washington
W. H. Millhaem
Iowa Liquor Commission Faces Attack in 46th General Assembly
Des Moines reports that Iowa’s liquor control commission, nearing its first birthday, will be the target of partisan opposition as the 46th general assembly convenes in five days. The confrontation promises bitter debate over the commission’s policies and future.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Liquor Control Commission
General Assembly
Roosevelt's eight and a half billion touch shocks Santa Monica
The letter reports President Roosevelt asking for eight and a half billion, Betty Gow wins a Hauptmann case, Hugh Johnson aligned with business, and the Supreme Court shifting Republican with a ruling on oil, describing Monday as a great news day from Santa Monica.
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Cal
Roosevelt
Brothers
Betty Gow
Hauptmann
Hugh Johnson
Supreme Court
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