Farm Bureau Head backs Federal Farm Board and Cooperatives
Charles E Hearst president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation argued for centralized action to empower farmers to compete with business. He supported the federal farm board and urged broader cooperation while criticizing Iowa farm property taxation as excessive and calling for rural education improvements.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Charles E. Hearst
Hearst
Federal Farm Board
Cooperat Ve
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Old Oskaloosans Face Liquor Charge After Crash
County Attorney George F Morrison filed in district court information charging C L Coffin and Dick Walters of Oskaloosa with unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor. Walters jailed awaiting arraignment, Coffin at home.事故 arose from January 6 crash near West Chester with A Sederbund of St Paul. Fourteen gallons of alcohol reportedly recovered. Coffin reportedly not yet able to be arraigned. Car registered in Mahaska under Mrs C L Coffin held at West Chester garage. Lintz arraigned for liquor charge and pled not guilty.
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George F. Morrison
C. L. Coffin
Dick Walters
Oskaloosa
Walters
Coffin
West Chester
A. Sederbund
St. Paul
Fred Sweet
Sigourney
Washington Count
Mahaska
Court House
Lintz
Harry Lintz
D. W. Hamilton
Administration to End Inquiry Into William B Shearer
Washington January 15 The Hoover administration will drop the probe into William B Shearer and his backers once seen as big navy propagandists The White House and the Justice Department say the aim was to shield the London conference from covert propaganda rather than prosecute individuals The senate sub committee headed by Senator Shortridge is credited with discrediting the propagandists and removing any interference prospects Shipyards are also noted to have dismissed workers who admitted responsibility
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Washington
William B. Shearer
Hoover
White House
Department of Justice
Senate
Shortridge
California
Shearer
Mrs Maria Derby to Be Buried Here
Mrs Maria J Derby 82 died at Muscatine home 1220 East Fourth Street after a long illness. She was born January 20 1847 in White Creek New York and lived in Muscatine 18 years. Survived by daughter Mrs D O Harrison five grandchildren and burial is in Elm Grove Cemetery Washington with services at 10 a m Thursday.
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Maria J. Derby
Washington
Muscatine
Elm Grove Cemetery
Derby
White Creek
N. Y
William
Susan King van Kleek
William Derby
Methodist Episcopal Church
D. O. Harrison
W. F. Sherman
Charles Barrows
Glendale
Calif
M. F. Fitzgerald
Independence
Frank Batchelor
New Era
Charles Derby
Fairbanks
East Fourth Street
Benjamin F. Schwartz
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington Club Will Meet Friday at YMCA
The Better Washington club announces its January meeting for Friday evening in the YMCA community room. A 6 30 dinner precedes a program and business session with an interesting agenda and important club matters to discuss.
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Better Washington Club
Trial set for January 23. Col C J Wilson appointed
The court appointed Col C J Wilson to defend the accused and scheduled the trial for Thursday January 23 at nine o'clock. About one fourth of the old mined worldwide is used in making coins.
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Col. C. J. Wilson
Blizzard and flood hardship grips large region
Blizzard and floods paralysed the western two thirds of the nation with misery and heroism. About 50 people were stranded in mountain drifts while Arkansas and Indiana floods left thousands homeless. Rescue parties braved snowblocked roads to bring in supplies as Indiana warned worsening conditions with rising Wabash floods.
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United Press
Arkansas
Indiana
Wabash River
Franklin Township Play Set to Benefit Franklin Center School
A home talent production titled Amy From Arizona is announced by Franklin Township residents west of town to support the Franklin Center school. Nine cast members have been chosen and rehearsals under Lawrence McKane begin as the date is to be announced. cast includes Lester Hemingway Harold Fulton Dick Morrow Merle Sheets Sidney Squeers Laurette’s brother Grant McKune Haskins Laurette Lester’s wife Mrs Clyde Dawson Amy Clayton Lesters Ward Mrs Delbert Davidson Mrs Squeers Laurette’s mother Isabelle Combs Gertie Malloy Agnes Hindahl Cora Florence Hindahl.
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Amy
Arizona
Lawrence MceKane
Lester Hemingway
Harold Fulton
Dick Morrow
Merle Sheets
Sidney Squeers
Laurette
Grant McKune
Haskins
Harley Davidson
Lester
Clyde Dawson
Amy Clayton
Lesters Ward
Delbert Davidson
Squeers
Isabelle Combs
Gertie Malloy
Agnes Hindahl
Cora
Florence Hindahl
Primary Highways All Opened after Snow Drifts Cleared
Russell Frink a maintenance engineer for the highway commission said all primary roads in the country have been cleared of snow and opened to automobile travel. Winds yesterday and last night caused drifting and made travel difficult until snowplows finished Wellman road this afternoon.
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Russell Frink
The
Highway Commission
Wellman
Wayland Woman Clara Allebach Passes At Home
Wayland Mrs Clara Allebach died today at noon at her Wayland home according to relatives. She was a sister of E C Eicher of Washington. Funeral plans have not been announced.
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Clara Allebach
Wayland
E. ¢. Eicher
Whkshington
Better Washington Club Meeting Friday Evening
J W Enslin president of the Better Washington club reminds interested parties the meeting will be held Friday evening at the Y M C A.
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J. W. Enslin
Better Washington Club
Washington National Re elects Directors
At the bank's annual meeting the board of directors was all re elected. W P Wells was re elected president and Winfield Smouse chairman of the board.
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Washington National Bank
W. P. Wells
Winfield Smouse
Iowa to reprise blue and white license plates in 1931
Iowa announces 1931 automobile license plates will use blue and white colors, same as this year, with the numbers redesigned. Details on layout and issuance not fully clear in the fragment.
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Des .Moines
Iowa
Bakery Operator Kills Wife then Shoots Man and Commits Suicide
In Creston Iowa on January 15 70 year old bakery operator Robert Hinchman shot Mrs. Hertford four times in the back, beat Mr Hertford with a poker, then killed himself after the husband arrived. The Hertfords who had worked for him were hospitalized in serious condition. Their seven year old daughter described the event crying that the man shot her mother. Police reconstruction says Hinchman enraged by unpaid wages shot Mrs. Hertford and then killed Mr Hertford when he returned.
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Creston
Robert Hinchman
East End
Sam Hertford
Hertford
Hammill Announces Run for U.S. Senate in Iowa
Des Moines report that Governor John Hammill, three-time Iowa chief executive, announced as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate nomination in the June 2 primary. The article notes potential entrants and Hammill’s long path from Britt to the governor’s office, and lists political context including Senator Daniel Steck’s re election bid.
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Des Moines
Jena Hammill
Iowa
United States
John Hammill
Dickinson
Hammill
Daniel F. Steck
Dem
L J. Dickinson
I.y. J. Dickinson
Howard Clark
David W. Stewart
Albert B. Cummins
Ernest W. Moore
Cedar Rapids
Wisconsin
Gov. Hammill
Iowa County
Britt
Hancock County
State University
Iowa General Assembly
L. W. Housel
Trigger Woman Irene Schroeder Holds Key to Paul Murder Case
Irene Schroeder, sought for the Pennsylvania murder of Trooper Brady Paul, admitted her identity after a gun battle near a Pima Indian reservation. She identified two male companions, Glenn Dague and Joe F. Wells, and discussed rewards and prior escapes as deputies investigated the Chandler incident and gunfire on the reservation.
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Phoenix
Ar’z
Here
Irene Schroeder
Pennsylvania
Brady Paul
Charles Wright
Arizona
Chandler
Glenn Dague
Joe F. Wells
Texas
Wells
J. W. Crawford
Wright
Trigger Womain
Secretary of State Announces New Bond Plan
Ed M. Smith announced today a new bond plan on a white background. The statement highlighted potential funding for infrastructure projects and emphasized public accountability measures.
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Bine
Ed M. Smith
Registration for Junior College Next Friday
Dean Harland Mead of the Washington junior college announced that second semester registration will occur Friday at the high school in room 210. English and trigonometry are key second semester courses, and most first semester college students are expected to continue. A Louis wholesale clothing house has some salesmen traveling by airplane.
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Harland Mead
Washington Junior College
Mead
Wheeler Charges Radio Board Politicized
Senator Wheeler of Montana urged the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to probe the Federal Radio Commission amid claims the agency is used as a political football. He cited reports of investigations into employees earning $3000 yearly or more and alleged plans to promote inexperienced officials.
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Wheeler
Radio Board
Washington
Milwaukee railway water plant near completion in Washington
Work on the Milwaukee railway water system in Washington is nearly finished with a 250 foot deep well, pump house, 100000 gallon water tower and pumps installed. Cranes for locomotive water supply will be added at each end of the passenger platform. Some pumping remains at Rubo and Gladwin, with emergencies from Iowa and Skunk rivers possible. New 110 pound steel track may be laid between Washington and Linby pending weather.
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Milwaukee Railway
Washington
Plaform
Rubo
Gladwin
Milwaukee
Iowa
Skunk
Linby
MEN'S LOBBY AT Y NEEDS A PIANO
A Washington Y M C A appeal seeks a good used piano for the west lobby for Sunday evening services. 75 to 100 youths meet after church for a one hour happy hour, but the lobby lacks a piano and the heated upper floor cannot be used.
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Washington
Washington Y. M. C. A
Controversy Over Hoover Plans Stirs Congress
Washington lawmakers clash over President Hoover’s law enforcement reform. Two committees order inquiries into proposals to empower juryless prosecutions for minor prohibition violations and to expand and consolidate border patrols under the Coast Guard. The split between House and Senate actions signals a lengthy fight as debates focus on treasury and justice department power, border enforcement, and prohibition funding.
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Washington
U.P
House
Hoover
U. S
Judiciary Committee
House Immigration Committee
Coast Guard
Oscar Moot Hart Dies at Wellman Funeral Set
Oscar Moot Hart died this morning in Wellman. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday at 1 30 PM at the James Schulty home.
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Wellman Wellman
Oscar Moothart
James Schulty
Piano Loan Requested for Meeting Room Use
The note requests exclusive use of a room for piano storage during meetings and asks for a loaned instrument to be used only in the lobby for the meeting period. It mentions stairs as a concern and asks that the piano be kept in an office when not in use.
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