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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1929
Page
3
Sue Hastings brings her marionette troupe to Washington for a Friday evening entertainment show. The little wooden figures are carefully proportioned weighted and jointed to perform novel artistic acts for the audience.
Sue Hastings' marionettes wow audiences at the New York Theatre Club as a fashionable art now touring beyond New York. The act features delicate puppets controlled by hundreds of strings, elaborate costumes and scenery, and a stage craft praised for its grace and humor.
Hoot Gibson returns in a popular comedy cowboy role in Clearing the Trait at the Snortel Theatre. The feature delivers rapid moves, thrilling action, and sharp humor, establishing Gibson as a top state comedian and actor. Madam Berg offers a local dancing and acrobatics recital in brilliant costumes.
In Des Moines lawmakers tabled a divorce bill by Representative Walter R. Reno proposing to abolish annulment of mortgages and withhold divorce decrees for one year. The package includes eleven grounds for divorce and public hearings, plus two municipal measures allowing airport land upkeep taxes from cities above 10 000 population and related powers. The second bill funds airport and aircraft control, modeled after federal laws. Senate approved three minor bills before adjourning for the day. House adjourned to tomorrow.
Defense lawyers concede failure to stay the double execution of Ada Bonner Leboeuf and Dr. Thomas Pycher for the murder of Leboeuf's husband. Judge Borah denied habeas corpus and delay certificates, clearing the path to the gallows at the Franklin jail yard tomorrow.
In Jersey City a blaze in the midship berth of the dollar liner President Johnson killed two men and injured several others. Police said the dead were badly charred. five of the injured were from San Francisco and the sixth was a fireman. One seaman was hurt leaping overboard.
An exchange dispatch from Helsinki reports that J B Kamenev and Gregory Zinoviev are under arrest and confined in their homes as prisoners of the Soviet government. They were part of a wider opposition exiled after Stalin’s power struggle, with Leon Trotsky among the exiles. Both returned to Moscow at their own request in apparent probation.
Chicago January 31 police report Stepa Kuzynski 25 known as Bull ane a lieutenant of Salts shot to death in a saloon operated by Rose Bodner Eddie Mack in custody on bombing charges allegedly opened fire Kuzynski was killed as the saloon keeper said she delayed reporting the shooting out of fear
President-elect Hoover toured Long Key accompanied by Mrs Hoover Justice Stone former Governor Woodrich and other notables including Foreman Milbank and Willem Ham on a day focused on domestic concerns and governance.
Prominently identified with Cedar corporation and Mr the line, the diner named Christened. Mrs Mark Bullivan passenger on a tri motored Fokker. In Mahaska county on Jan 31, twenty one arrests were made after raids by fifteen state and federal liquor agents. Raids started simultaneously countywide. snow blocked highways today hindering further actions. Large quantities of liquor were confiscated. Sheriff W Jochee led the operation.
The first lord of the admiralty, W. C. Bridgeman, told the constitutional club the cruiser bill is not Britain’s affair. He urged avoiding interference with submarine issues and expressed trust in the Kellogg pact for defense, stating he would not comment on U S views or potential uses for defense.
The first sky diner was christened and placed in service on the regular passenger airline route between Cleveland and Chicago and the twin cities. Mrs. Philly G. Kemp, wife of the vice president of the university aye.
Douglas Johnnie Weinek, the god family, and Hertiz at the Eicher home. social Sunday with Jake Richen and Portman households. Edith Stalder and others visited Stalder households. Camden folks, Rollie Hyde helped by Ellis Campbell. Tony Kaufn hosted Stalder clan on Sunday.
A 19th or early 20th century style note extols Cascarets as a thorough laxative. It hints at the timing before effects, praising the product’s gentle action and implying pharmacists might prefer customers ask for Cascarets by name.
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