Local residents seen on various business and social trips
Miss Frankie Bennett went to Iowa City on business today. Mr and Mrs Glen Jacobs and daughter Betty of Fairfield were in Washington yesterday. Chas brown auctioneer Phone 282 Black. 1641f to that Mr and Mrs Carl Crossett of Wellman spent the day here visiting relatives and on business. Oren Walace was in Columbus Junction last night. Special until Feb 1-5 gal Cities Service Oil any size. $3.00. Container free at Cities Service Station. 28812 m ths Mr and Mrs Charles Kennedy went to Cedar Rapids yesterday to attend a two day insurance convention. Their children Jean and John have been visiting grandmother Mrs Belle Rice. Welch Moore Shoe Co East Side Square has racks of shoes this weekend at $1.98 $2.48 and $2.98. Jack Wilson returned Tuesday night from Chicago where he spent about a week. Bill Crawford of Ainsworth was here today shopping. Get your Cleaners Naptha at Cities Service Station. Harry Wentworth near Brighton was here today on business. Cash and Carry prices on gas and kerosene 47¢ at Cities Service Station. 28802 in the Walter Harvey was in Iowa City on business today. Auctioneers K MACON Washington Iowa. Phone 251 red e4u
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Bennett
Iowa City
Glen Jacobs
Betty
Fairfield
Washington
Chas. Brown
Carl Crossett
Wellman
Oren Walace
Columbus Junction
Charles Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Jean
John
Belle Rice
Welch Moore Shoe Co
East Side Square
Jack Wilson
Chicago
Bill Crawford
Ainsworth
Cities Service Station
Harry Wentworth
Near Brighton
Suburban Property Sale West of Washington
Roy Stewart purchased eight acres of suburban land west of Washington for 7500 dollars. An advertisement offers Nyal Hirsutone hair care, a drugstore upsell by GEO. L. MecDaniel. The note also cites hog prices at four dollars ten cents and a brief weather outlook of cloudy tonight and fair Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Stewart
Washington
Local notices and ads from Cotter area town page
Goodyear Rubber Heels 25c at Electric Shoe Shop near State Theatre. Mr and Mrs W E Jones plan to move March 1 to their farm 8 1/2 miles south of Cotter. Pancakes all you can eat for 25c at church event. W C Price of Centerville visiting. Frank Miller back from Sioux City on business. Mrs George Numpsey of Davenport visiting relatives. County and town telephone patrons meeting Saturday at 1 pm City Hall. Raymond Sinn from Farmers and Merchants Bank of Haskins in town on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear
Electric
State Theatre
W. E. Jones
Cotter
Methodist
Raymond Sinn
Farmers and Merchants Bank atHaskins
Fairfield cattle case jury chosen in conspiracy trial
Centerville Iowa January 21 six men and six women were selected to try A L Neuhart of Fairfield on fraudulent cattle deals in the Fairfield conspiracy case. Opening statements scheduled for this afternoon after jury selection that filled the morning. The case was transferred from Jefferson county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Iowa
A. L. Neuhart
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Iowa City Volley Ball Team At Y M C A Tonight
Iowa City volley ball players composed of professors and graduate students of the state university visit the Y M C A floor for a 7:45 match with local Y members. No admission will be charged. Saturday evening a Washington team will travel to Cedar Rapids for a match with Y M C A members there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
State University
Washington Volley Tallers
Cedar Rapids
Plea Changes Sought as Midwest Liquor Case Proceeds
Government rests in a $12,000,000 Midwest liquor conspiracy trial. Ten of thirty six defendants seek to change pleas to guilty as motions to strike evidence are denied. Notable guilty pleas include Michael Blumberg once dubbed the Capone of Clinton, with extensive interstate phone activity shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Daniel C. Anderson
Walter C. Lindley
Nolo Contendre
Anthony Cinquinna
Paul
Michael Blumberg
Clinton
Sam Dolff
Geo Bowman
Joseph Rothstein
Albert Avens
Joseph Keller
John Karsello
Blumberg
Capone
Middle West
Florida
Investigation Admitted in State Auditor’s Office Probe
In Des Moines Iowa officials acknowledge an investigation involving the state auditor’s office while denying public comment on specifics. No formal report has been submitted by budget director Oscar Anderson and Governor Turner and auditor J W Long offered no statements. Attorney General Fletcher said no charges have been filed or even considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Towa
Department of Budget
Oscar Anderson
Dan Turner
J. W. Long
John Fletcher
Urbana resumes business after bank scare ends weekend
Urbana Illinois today ended a five day holiday period as Mayor Reginald Harmon rescinded the holiday proclamation issued Tuesday. Banks and businesses reopen as residents regain confidence after two Champaign banks closed last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Reginald (. Harmon
Champaign
Harmon
Urbana E
Bids Sought for Mail Hauling Job After Wells Death
Post office announces bids to haul mail from the post office to depots within ten days. The work was previously handled by W. H. Wells who died last week. Bids will be reviewed by the department in Washington D C and close January 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Wells
Department
Washington, D. C
President Refuses to Sign Anti-Jesuit Decree in Madrid
Madrid January 21 President Nicete Alcala Zamora declined to sign the decree dissolving the Jesuit order. He withheld his signature amid unrest over anti clerical measures in the Basque and Navarre provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
INS
Nicete Alcala Zamora
Basque
Navarre
Cruggan Lake to Receive Sentence
Chicago January 21 two former aristocracy members Terry Cruggan and Frankie Lake were to be sentenced by Federal Judge James H Willkerson after pleading guilty to income tax evasion. They face maximum penalties of 2 years and 27 years and fines of 60000 and 50000 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Terry Cruggan
Frankie Lake
Heer
James H. Willkerson
College Registration for Second Semester
Registration for the second semester of junior college work will take place tomorrow in Room 242 at the high school. Dean Mead reports several new students plan to enter and a practical schedule can be arranged. Semester examinations are being given now. those unsure of available courses should contact Dean Mead immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Mead
Keota High School Holds Two Declamatory Contests
In Keota the school auditorium hosted two humorous declamatory elimination contests over Monday and Tuesday. Thirteen contestants per program produced six finalists each night. Winners on Monday included Marjorie Trier and James Rogers. Tuesday winners included Rene Vogel and Gladys Waller. A first and second place will be named next Tuesday. Judges were Keota residents Mrs. J F Church Rev H W Gordon and Rev L L Chamness. The dramatic and oratorical divisions schedule further events late January to February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Hess
Rene Vogel
Gladys Waller
Louise Pulver
Catherine Russell
Hielen Hlene Arnold
Olgan Valenta
J. F. Church
H. W. Gordon
L. L. Chamness
Keota
Kate Bk. Glover
Radio broadcast from Manchuria hailed as epoch making
The first broadcast from a field army headquarters in Manchuria was hailed as a landmark achievement in Radio News cooperation. General Shigeru Honjo and Floyd Gibbons spoke from Mukden, their voices heard around the world via the Hearst network, with transmissions reaching the United States, Europe, South America, and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shigeru Honjo
Manchuria
Floyd Gibbons
Far East
International
Mukden
Tokyo
Pacific
United States
Pittsburgh
Oakland
Cal
Europe
South America
Australia
Honjo
Gibbons
Hearst Radio
National Broadcasting Company
Hoover's Financing Corporation Bill Near Final Action
The measure provides for a $500 million treasury fund and up to $1.45 trillion in bonds or debentures. It authorizes the treasury to buy these obligations and allows loans for temporary railroad financing and certain electric railroads. Tax exemptions apply except for federal surtaxes and estate related taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Treasury
Jury dismissed as Ottumwa panel returns home
The Ottumwa federal jury members Theatre Hallie Ward Howard Hays and O M Cuddy were dismissed yesterday afternoon after the judge took the case. C F Casper plans to move to Washington after purchasing the Robert Brinton property on South Third street. The Post Office resumes its preholiday hours Monday January 25 with windows open 8 am to 6 pm. Senator Frank Beatty and Mrs Beatty stay as house guests during the Leichti trial. Miss Etha Dawson and Miss Agnes Wheelan traveled to Des Moines and Indianola and Mrs R F Davis accompanied them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear
State Theatre
Hallie Ward
Howard Hays
O. M. Cuddy
Ottumwa
C. F. Casper
Robert Brinton
South Third Street
Washington
Casper
Orr and Ross
Frank Beatty
Claire Dewey
McLellans
Etha Dawson
Agnes Wheelan
Des Moines
Indianola
R. F. Davis
Local Refining Offer Near Methodist Church
Triploil Refining Co. promotes used crank case oil to refined oil at 40c per gallon for under 25 gallons and 35c per gallon for 25 gallons or more. Waste oil can be returned for spraying poultry houses or hogs. Claude Webb arrives from California with Miss Minnie Lohrer staying at Mrs. Merle Bailey's home. Nurse Mrs. Emma Ansil assists. Francis Haney operates shoe repair and shine. Welch Wilbur Day of Brighton visited yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triploil Refining Co
Methodist Church
Claude Webb
California
Minnie Lohrer
Merle Bailey
Mrs Ella Hall Visits Relatives in California
Mrs Ella Hall of Colfax spends the winter visiting her son Harvey Hall in San Diego and brother Harvey Young in Huntington Beach. She expects a visit from son James Norman Hall and grandson Connie, to Mayo sanitarium. Pancakes advertised as all you can eat for 25 cents at a local event. IRS notice about Laura Longwell called to Walt Patterson home due to ill father F M Fleming. Mixed dance at Moose Hall each Thursday with Benda's orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Hall
Colfax
Harvey Hall
San Diego
Calif
Harvey Young
Huntington Beach
James Norman Hall
Connie
Mayo Sanitarium
Laura Longwell
Walt Patterson
Wellman
F. M. Fleming
Moose Hall
Benda
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Saas
FOX
Walter Harvey
Auctigneay
Macon
W. C. Price of
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Cities Service
E. P. Rich
Frank Miller
Sioux City
E. P Rich
George Mnmpsey
Davenport
Celestine Marie
Fairfield Cattle Case
Mysterious Smith CO
Caramount Gicbe
Sylvia Sidney Wynne Gibson
Zazu_Pitts
Thelma Todd
ON the Loose
Matinee
State Auditor’s Office
Cruggan Lake
Shoe Repair Service
National Magazine
Nets
J. A. Hunsaker
N.E. Corner Sq
Keota High School
Hoover
Washington Cleaners
South Side
Wisie Long
Seaton Freight Lines
Washington & Cedar Rapids
Iowa Motor Service
Washington Buttes
Springman
Iowa Avenue
Othee
Uneeda
Eaxer
Folger’s Coffee
THE
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Middle Western Division
Raven
Allen
Picot Top
Wells & Crail
Washington, Iowa
Morrison Ice Cream Co
Washington ,Co
Faks
John Shields & Sons
C. L. Pine Loan CO
Tast Broadway
Wellston
Winstop Duzzit
Washington Oil Co
Washington, Lowe
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