Social clubs hold multiple gatherings and bunco wins
The Jolly Dozen met with ten members and four guests for bunco among George and Jessie Shalla families. H H club elected Mrs Lulu Finch president and planned yearbooks, with flower committee members named. A party at Louis Bath’s was planned and a Feb 6 meeting with Leona Finch noted. The Indian Oreek club surprised Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Frazey with oysters and games as they prepare to move. Priscilla club hosted 15 members at Nettie McLaughlin’s home with a 2 course luncheon and next party at Mrs J O Sexton. Young Woman’s Missionary Society held a pot luck with 29 present and a program on The 1930 Survey led by Miss Wallace. Officers named include Helen Fulton president and Mary French vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Dozen
George Shalla
Jesse W. Shalla
Chas Kallaus
Jessie Kallaus
Ella Shalla
Edward Prebyl
Bertha
H. H. Club
Lulu Finch
Tena Hoxworth
Leona Finch
Louis Bath
Duvall
Oreek Club
Ralph Frazey
Dan Guy
Vis. Nettie McLaughlin
Priscilla Club
East Main Street
Donald McLaughlin
C. W. McLauchlin
Young Woman's Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church
Miss Wallace
Nell Trotman
Margaret Duff
Helen Fulton
Mary French
G. W. Rudiger
Nelle Tripp
J. Ross
Mame McConaughey
Edith Miller
Ora Henderson
Mayhew
Ina McDowell
Local clubs schedule meetings for late January
Sunshine Community Club and Miss Weebrie Weerman plan a needlework gathering on Wednesday January 29. Lincoln PT A invites members at 3 20 PM with plates and forks. Baptist and U P West Chester circles host a joint meeting January 30. Rebecca club to supper January 30 bring sandwiches. Independent club meets with Mrs Bridger January 30. Ladies Aid of Christian church hosts January 30 1 30 PM at Mrs Essieys home. Havre Social Club meets Thursday with Mrs Fred. Cleese 1X club postponed until next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
H. A. Essiey
S. Ave. B
Robber Captured in Gold Coast Hotel Raid in Chicago
Police ambushed an unidentified robber at a Gold Coast apartment hotel in Chicago as part of a raid on a jewel theft ring targeting the city’s wealthiest district. Detective Patrick Roche and Ser get John Greer wounded the bandit with a chest shot after he seized a clerk and advanced toward the safes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gold Coast
Patrick Roche
State’s Attorney's Office
Sergt
John Greer
Abraham Dansk
Greer
Providship Club Pot Luck and Woman's Relief Corps Meeting
The Providship club and families host a 6 30 pot luck supper Friday evening January 31 at Charley Wolfe home. Members bring two dishes and utensils. Next Saturday February 2 at 2 30 p m regular meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps. Members and officers urged to attend. The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the M E Church meets with Mrs Palmer Babcock Friday afternoon at 2 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providship Club
Charley Wolfe
Woman's Relief Corps
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
M. E. Ehurch
Negress Refuses Rescue in Flooded Indiana Home
Aunt Maijie Davis, claimed 116 years old, declines rescue from a flood marooning her two room home in Princeton Indiana. She says she has tobacco for her pipe wood for her fire and time for communion with the Lord while a horse and cow share the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
U.P
Maijie Davis
Riverside Notes On Ice Storage And Local Visits
Riverside Iowa community brief reports residents storing summer ice about 15 inches thick with names including John Heck Joe Hotka Chas Havel Wesley Prehoda Victor Burieh and Flynn Bros. Closing sale planned Feb 5 on Alcorn farm as Cray moves to Riverside. Local visits work vacations and social gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Towa
John Heck
Joe Hotka
Chas. Havel
Wesley Prehoda
Victor Burieh
Flynn Bros
Melvin
Iowa City
Alvah Heck
Stanic
Heck
Las
Bet Cray
Alcorn
Mrs. Cray
Fern Heck
Milt Wallrab
Harry Malichky
Vera Craig
Montgomery Ward and Co. Ster
Mevin Havel
Dolly
Milt Wollrab
Norval Wlynn
South Side Country Club
Fairfield Area Notes and School Changes
Miss Helen Bell of Fairfield will start at No. 5 school February 3 with Miss Lily Mae Ketchum leaving. New teachers include Lucille Jones Mildred Velma Emry Gladys and Gwendolyn Miller from Richland high. Chester Rice of Ottumwa business school visited, Donald Ash dined with Frank Ash family, Dave Miller began baling hay, Minnie Elmore ill southeast of Veo, Mr and Mrs Dale Carris and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veo
Helen Bell
Fairfield
No. 5
Lily Mae Ketchum
Lucille Jones
Mildred
Velma Emry
Fairfield High
Gladys
Gwendolyn Miller
Richland High
Chester Rice
Ottumwa Business School
Donald Ash
Frank Ash
Dave Miller
Veo Monda
Minnie Elmore
Dale Carris
Ainsworth Social Roundup Quietly Recaps Visits and Club Night
Local notes record several Washington visitors including J F Lambert and son Edward and Ed Kleinberg with ties to Ainsworth. The L G club met at Henry Hunt’s home with a progressive game. Howard Beenblossom and Mark Campbell tied for high score. Visits to Iowa City and Davis Bros. are noted along with family outings and corn hauling activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Lambert
Edward
Ed Kleinberg
Louie
Jemy Schroeder
Washington
J. R. Lins
Mac Wallace
L. G
Henry Hunt
Howard Beenblossom
Mark Campbell
Ed Lins
Orie O'Connor
Orie O'Conner
Louie Schroeder
Glen Anderson
E. R. Lins
Iowa City
Richard Lins
Edward Lambert
Jay Evans
Ainsworth
Larry Dye
Florence Matin
Wil! Martin
Doubtful of More Than Six Years Trial of Arms Limitation
The United States and allied representatives face a six year limit on naval limitation plans discussed in London. Officials see potential for six year revision and continued progress toward arms control. Secretary Stimson frames naval arms reduction as an ongoing diplomatic effort central to American policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
London
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
United States
League of Nations
World Court
Legi
United Press
Stimson
Keifer Receives Zone Trophy Notice From Oakland Pontiac
W. J. Keifer was notified by the Oakland Pontiac Motor Company that he won the zone trophy in the November-December sales contest. The engraved trophy will be sent to Keifer at the earliest possible time, reflecting well on the local organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Keifer
Oakland-Pontiac Motor Company
Keifer
Community notices from Glen and Pleasant Plain area
Children visited Monday evening at Glen Beauchamp's. Farmers Union met at Merril C Goweys Monday night and elected officers for next year. An all days missionary quilting at Mrs Esther Johnson and her mother Mrs Ruth Williams today as they quilt two quilts. Pleasant Plain Friends church ladies will assist. Glen Hoslers move today to Levi Bray farm one mile south of Richland on gravel road Noety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen
Beauchamp’s
Farmers Union
Merril Cgoweys
Esther Johnson
Ruth Williams
Union County votes for half a million in road bonds
Union county residents voted 498000 in county road bonds to pave the unpaved stretch of highway 34. The unofficial tally showed 2651 for and 1228 against with Spaulding voting no. Mills county and Adams county voters follow this week to decide on further paving funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Creston
Iowa
Mills
Adams
Thei County
Spaulding
Orieton
Mississippi
Missouri
Mills County
Adams County
Wives of Air Pilots Show Courage in Tragic Flight Death
Kansas City report recalls Mrs Rose Landeman waiting for her husband Duke each dusk for six years. On Monday his plane failed to salute and landed fatally near the airport, killing Duke and four passengers as witnesses watched from shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kans
Jani
Rose Landeman
Duke
Laudeman
Robert
Local Notables and Household Notes This Week
Nettie Davis is on the sick list and Carrie Davis keeps house for Charlie Davis during Nettie’s illness. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lins visited relatives in Washington Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. F. Gardner
Nettie Davis
Lis
Carrie Davis
Charlie Davis
Nettie
Iowa Briefs Chronicle Fatal Cedar Rapids Farmer
Par alysis caused the death of A. T. Hakes a Cedar Rapids area farmer near here. Ernest Todt was in serious condition after a bull gored him on his farm near West Liberty. Lee S. Hansen a former Western league pitcher was injured by an accidental shotgun discharge while repairing it in Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Cedar Rapids
A. T. Hakes
Near Here
West Liberty
Eernest Todt
Here
Council Bluffs
Lee S. Hansen
Hansen
Hindley Named Third Candidate for Iowa Secretary of State
DES MOTNES Iowa January 29 Charles Hindley Centerville becomes the third candidate to seek the office of secretary of state to replace Ed M Smith Winterset who will run for governor in the June primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Motnes
Charles Hindley
Centerville
Ed M. Smith
Winterset
Iowa Leads in Tenant Farm Population Says Iowa State Expert
John P. Himmel of Iowa State College told visitors at Farm and Home Week that Iowa has the largest tenant farm population in the corn belt. He reported about 45 percent of Iowa farms are occupied by tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
John P. Himmel
Iowa State College Agricultural Economics
Himmel
Fire destroys Union Pacific railroad shops in Council Bluffs
In Council Bluffs Iowa on January 29 a blaze destroyed railroad shops and yards offices of the Union Pacific. The fire origin is under investigation and the damage is estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Union Pacific Railroad
Simonese set for Omaha lightweight bout on Monday card
Des Moines report says Jimmy Simonese of Omaha in a ten round lightweight preliminary against a Grogan student, while Tommy Grogan faces Tony Legouri in the main event of Monday night’s fight card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jimmy Simonese
Omaha
Tommy Grogan
Zere
Grogan
Tony Legouri
Yavorsky Recovering After Automobile Train Collision
Cedar Rapids Jan 29 Frank Yavorsky of West Branch was believed recovering in a hospital from injuries after his car collided with a Northwestern road train. Oscar Moline of Waterloo a companion was uninjured.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Yavorsky
West Branch
Oscar Moline
Waterloo
Fire nearly destroys Central States Power and Light building
West Union firemen aided by Elgin and Waucoma departments battled a blaze at the Central States Power and Light building. The damage was estimated at 25,000 dollars. In Des Moines police sought robbers after five diamond rings worth 1,000 dollars were stolen from Albert Kuhlman’s unlocked parked car while he entered a store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union, Tra
Elgin
Waucoma
West Union
Central States Power and Light Company
Des Moines
Albert Kuhlman
Kuhlman
State Senator Merritt Represented 48th District Tenure
State Senator J G Merritt served as the representative of the forty eighth district through the last two legislative sessions. He is identified as a long time figure in the district’s political landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gdidden
Ja. Jane
J. G. Merritt
Des Moines Family Faces Federal Grand Jury Action
Mrs. Wilbur Simpson her husband and two African American workers faced federal grand jury action on charges of center feiting. All were held under a $2,009 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Wilbur Simpson
Farmer Charles Handy in coma after crash at Jefferson hospital
Fairfield Iowa January 29 Slight hope remained for the recovery of Charles Handy 56 a farmer who has lain unconscious for a month since an automobile crash He fought nurses as he lay unconscious and recently slipped into a coma his condition listed as serious by Jefferson county hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Jefferson County Hospital
Charles Handy
Handy
Ventriloquist in Custody After Murder Apparent Sighting
In Council Bluffs on January 24 a woman frightfully claimed she witnessed a man walking the railroad tracks with a murdered baby. Police responded and found J. W. McLaughlin, an amateur ventriloquist, carrying his ventriloquist dummy under one arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
U.P
J. W. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Voters Reject Sale of Municipal Electric Plant
Milo Iowa residents voted in a special election to reject a proposal to sell their municipal electric plant to the Iowa Light and Power Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo
U.R
Iowa Light & Power Company
Iowa Amateur Skaters Contest at Riverview Park
Amateur skaters from across Iowa will compete for honors at the annual state ice skating tournament to be held at Riverview Park in Des Moines on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Riverview Park
Filling station robbed and fire set during theft
Des Moines witnesses report a robbery at a filling station early today in which thieves took $30 and started a fire before fleeing the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. O. Sexton
Sunshine Community Club
Weebrie Weerman
The
Lincoln Pp. IT. A
Ladies Mission Circle
Baptist Church
Ladies Auxiliary
U. P. Church of
West Chester
Thursady
U. P
Rebecca Club
Eokas Bridger
Havre
Fred
Cleese
Baxter
Baxter's
Coal Company
Gold Coast Hotel
Negress
Emily Lorack
Ainsworth, R. R
Munroe
Davis Bros
Ben Fitzgerald
Floyd Letts
Coxwell
Dodder
Scott Furniture CO
Iowa Briefs
Egislature
Ade
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