Grand Jury Probes Iowa PWA Work
Ottumwa and Washington report a federal grand jury is examining Iowa public works activities. Robert W. Colflesh will arrive to present evidence from a three month inquiry. Witnesses in Ottumwa include Mayor Edwin C. Manning and Frank P. Hoff man. Kraschel and Reh face potential grand jury review with no assured action.
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Ottumwa
U.P
Ray Fountain
Robert W. Colflesh
Iowa
National Guard
Henry Wormhoudt
Washington, PD. C
United States
Robert Colflesh
PWA
Department of Justice
N. G. Kraschel
Carlton Reh
Des Moines
Ainsworth Group Performs at Hour Program Surprise Stunt
The Happy Hour program Sunday night features Ainsworth youths led by Rus sell Coppock with contributions by Washington Presbyterian and Methodist youths. Methodists present a vocal duet by Ireta Willits and Wilma Palmer plus a surprise stunt. Presbyterians stage the play How Christianity Is Helping the Nation directed by Josephine Bailey with roles for Uncle Sam Junior Cuddy and more. The event ends with Happy Hour at the Y and will run until March first.
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Ainsworth
Russell Coppock
Washington
Ireta Willits
Wilma Palmer
Uncle Sam
Junior Cuddy
Hayden Hughes
Kathryn Little
Evelyn Watson
Ruth Davis
Bea Wilson
Wealth
Douglas Eastwood
Josephine Bailey
Granville R. Bacon Captain Misreads Lamp Causes Grounding
The captain of the three master schooner Granville R. Bacon ran the ship aground in a storm after mistaking a street lamp for a passing vessel light. The incident occurred near Westerly Rhode Island and prompted investigations into navigational mistakes aboard the vessel.
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Westerly, R
Granville R. Bacon
Crawfordsville Citizen Evan L. Davis Dies at Home
Evan Lewis Davis aged 67 died at his Crawfordsville home after a four month illness from a blood infection. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2:50 PM at United Presbyterian Church with burial in Crawfordsville cemetery. He served as assistant cashier and director of People's Savings Bank and was active in church and community affairs. He is survived by his wife and several siblings.
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Davis
Ll. A. Jones Funeral Home
United Presbyterian Ehnureb
Crawfordsville
Evan L. Davis
Mr. Davis
Evan Lewis Davis
Joseph and
Jane Jones Davis
Washington Academy
Sadie White
Town
People’s Savings Bank
Salem Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church of
Milton Boss
Klein
CWA
Milton Rose
West Chester
Grace
Court House
William Glassburner
Belle Rice
Burlington Y Teams to Meet Washington Y in Swim Meet
Fourteen members from the Burlington Y swim team are to swim Saturday afternoon against an equal number from the Washington Y. Last week the two clubs met in Burlington and tied with 66 points each, according to Stan Kiesey of the Y.
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Burlington
State approves city water after board safety actions
Signs placed at town entrances announce public water supply approved by the State Board of Health. Sanitary engineers required reservoir cover changes and elimination of cross connections to other supplies, such as the Rock Island railway reservoir, to prevent surface water contamination. After completing the safeguards, the city water supply earned full endorsement from the state board.
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State Highway Commission
Washington
State Board of Health
Perry Jordan
City Water Works
Rock Island Railway
State Board
Building and Loan Plan Open to Washington Citizens
Ralph Scott of the Better Washington club announces a meeting for citizens and business people Monday at 8 PM at the YMCA. A government program would back a Washington Building and Loan association to fund home improvements and local job growth, with no sponsor beyond the community.
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Ralph
Scott
Better Washington Club
Washington
Washington Territory
Iowa
Ottumwa
Washington County CWA cuts workers week to 24 hours
Chairman Carl W. Klein reports a telegram from E. H. Mulock ordering an immediate drop from 30 to 24 hours per week for all civil works and civil works service employees in the county. The shift affects 360 quarries and local projects with schedules to be set after a county board conference.
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Carl W. Klein
Washington County Emergency Relief Committee
E. H. Mulock
Civil Works
CWA
Civil Works Administration
County Board of Supervisors
Klein
Mr. Klein
Civil Works Service
Laughing spectator dies at MOULTON city auditorium
Conrad Rusehe, 50, collapsed during a wrestling match at the city auditorium in Moulton Texas after laughing, and died shortly after. A physician ruled heart disease as the cause.
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Moulton
Tex
Conrad Rusehe
Ety
Rumor of Republican Congress Seat in Vermont
A reader references a rumor about a Republican being elected to Congress from Vermont and notes plans for possible legal action and policy responses. The passage criticizes sudden political developments and hints at media denial of such reports.
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Beverly Hills
Congress
Vermont
Ina Millon Miles
Washington High to Open Rivalry With Fairfield Tonight
Washington high school hosts Fairfield in the season’s key home clash. First team game begins at 7 30 with two squads. Mangold ineligible forces several substitutions as Norton and Hammer miss practice and Leeper faces final game under the eight semester rule.
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Washington
Washington High School
Fairfield
Mangold
Carlton
Norton
Hammer
Cantoni
McFadden
Kiener
Tucker
Bieber
Woodford
Leeper
Hampsher
Gam
Roosevelt pledges U S aid in Bremer kidnapping
President Roosevelt promised full government help to secure the release of Edward Bremer, the kidnapped banker and brewer, and to capture the abductors. Adolph Bremer, his father, received telegrams of support while the ransom awaited contact. authorities weighed federal involvement amid fears of harm.
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St. Paul
Roosevelt
Edward Bremer
Adolph Bremer
United Press
Balance of power in Iowa Senate on tax revision bills
A half dozen senators, mostly Republicans, hold sway over which tax revision bill advances. The group favors an interim bill with broader revenue bases, while the farm bureau bill struggles. House opposition to road bonds and other measures signals a close, contested session as lawmakers push for compromise.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Iowa Senate
Patterson Repn
Kossuth
Beardsley
Jean Clarke
Farm Bureau
Valentine
Appanoose
Farm Bureau Bill
Sen. Hicklin
Louisa
Athletic Show to Close Visitors Day
Visitors day on January 25 draws Washington business leaders to town for boxing and wrestling at city hall with a nominal admission. Advance tickets offer admission and reserved seats for fifty cents each, with proceeds aiding the city hall emergency kitchen. Visitors may enjoy a free morning film and a hot dog coffee event at noon and local store bargains.
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Washington Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Washington
City Hall
Arenta
State Theater
Escaped lifers and guards overpowered at Kansas state penitentiary
Bob Brady Jim Clark and five other dangerous prisoners overpowered guard Clyde Deer and climbed a 25 foot wall with an improvised ladder escaping from the Kansas state penitentiary east wall under guard fire. Several had prior escapes and all are serving life or habitual criminal sentences.
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Lansing
Kan
Bob Brady
Jim Clark
Kansas State Penitentiary
Brady
Clark
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Fred Cody
Tommy Mc Mahan
Charles McArthur
Frank Delmar
Benjamin Young
Clyde Deer
Walla
Wynekoop Murder Trial Delayed to Monday
In Chicago on January 19 the trial of Dr. Alice Wynekoop for the murder of her daughter in law Rheta was continued until Monday. The judge postponed after Wynekoop was brought in and then led to chambers, with caution that a session today could threaten the defendant's life.
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Chicago
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta
Louisiana Teachers' Association Urges $250 Million School Aid
The Louisiana Teachers' Association meeting in New Orleans urged Congress to appropriate 250 million dollars to prevent a collapse of the school system.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Teachers’ Association
Congress
Snakes At Bailey Quarry Die In CWA Collateral Damage
Delbert Bailey reports that quarrying on the Bailey farm south of town disturbed a wintering snake colony of over 30 snakes in a five by three inch crack. The blast from dynamite wrecked their hibernation space and killed the snakes during the CWA operations. Several smaller colonies have since been unearthed and destroyed with no rare species found.
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Delbert Bailey
Bailey Farm
Bailey Place
CWA
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