Local club meetings and activities reported
The White Way club met at Mrs. Booth's home for a short business session followed by contests and lunch with guests. The H. O. A. club elected officers at Mrs. Zook's home and planned future meetings with refreshments provided. Oregon township 4-H members and visitors attended a lesson on marberizing paper, and the American Legion auxiliary hosted a Legion hall gathering with a talk by Mrs. Laird about hospital work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Way Club
O. D. Booth
Marion Wells
Tom Carris
L. S. Hewitt
Milo DeLong
Tom Curtis
C. C. Niffenigger
H. O. A. Club
John Zook
Bryan Coakley
Virgel Earll
Cloyce Burham
Fred Jones
Everette Burham
Wm. Putnam
Oregon Township
Almeda Beanblossom
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion Hall
Mr. Pleasant
Knoxville
Washington
Carlton ‘Wrisen
Harold Montgomery
Walter Conner
R. J. Tanner
Pleasant
Philip Crail
Florence Jarrell
Mt. Pleasant
Laird
Cubbage Released After Bond Posted in Extortion Case
James Cubbage a private detective for Norman Baker owner of KTNT radio was freed from jail after posting $1000 bond. He was jailed on extortion charges following a complaint by a patient at the Baker Institute who said she was accused of stealing money and Cubbage offered to shield her for $50 after she found a pocketbook on the street.
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Muscatine
Iowa
James Cubbage
Norman Baker
KTNT
Baker Institute
Elsie Bernack
Washington
Hyde warns against price-raising schemes for wheat surplus
Hyde says a price rise would depress market values as millions of bushels are held. He questions legality of stabilization by the board and notes foreign anti-dumping laws would blunt any debenture aid. Consumption unlikely to absorb surpluses. plow time next fall will reveal effects.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Hyde
Kyde
Congress
Legge
Berlin Street Corner Rounding Speeds Traffic
Berlin officials announce curb and street corner rounding at busy intersections as street repairs proceed to increase traffic flow and safety.
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Berlin
Private detective James Cubbage jailed for extortion in Muscatine
James Cubbage was jailed on an extortion charge after a Washington woman reported a pocketbook found on the street. He allegedly wrote her offering to keep her out of trouble for 50 dollars while employed by Norman Baker at the Baker Institute.
Arrest Resulting From Local Institute Plot
A woman exposing a scheme with the local institute and R. A. Bellows led to the arrest of Cubbage. She received $50 marked money and met Cubbage at the railway station. Upon disembarking the train she delivered the money and officers arrested him on the spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Bellows
Cubbage
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Sogeiy
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Farm Board
Rebekah Club
Sunset Park
Maggie Horsey
A.W. Stubbs
Mason City
Ella Hoyt
Warren McAvoy
Baby
Des Moines
Ella Hout
Country Club
Max Marble
John “Dodd
Leslie Eicher
Washington, Iowa
TH. D. Horst
Menzo Grady
Earl Johnson
She Falk
Harry
North Side
Mabel
Pather
Saunday
North Side Cafe
Middle-West
Jack Sprat
Oskaloosa Division
Grocer Coffee
RWS Supreme Coffee
California
Velveeta
le Can
Mayflower
Riteway System
Marshalltown
T. S& Crone & Sons
R. W. Bozman
Crawfordsville, Iowa
Hoekstra’s Bite Way Store
Richland
C. RB. Paisley
Wyman, Iowa
E. H. Faris
Brighton, Iowa
C. E. Hensley
Wayland, Iowa
Crone’s
Grocery
Swift
Rite Way
Chevrolet
Tucker & Eicher
Chevrolet Sales & Service
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