Capone Sentence Delayed in Chicago Court
Federal Judge James P Wilkerson refused to sentence Al Capone under a compromise plan and postponed ruling on the guilty pleas to a later time. The hearing followed Capone entering pleas on income tax evasion and prohibition conspiracy charges. Capone remained free on a $50,000 bond as the judge noted the record contained the pleas unqualified.
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Chicago
James P. Wlkerson
al Capone
Wilkerson
Capone
Ahern
Ife
Federal
T. B. White
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kan
Alphonse
al) Capone
Grasshopper Pest Invades More States Across Plains
Reports from Des Moines and Lamar detail widespread grasshopper invasions in Iowa and Colorado with state agencies testing new control methods. Farmers in Minnesota seek federal aid as Red River valley crops face heavy pest damage and state funding nears ten thousand dollars.
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Minnesota
ST. Paul
Minn
R. A. Trovatten
Agriculture, Dairy and Foods
Red River Valley
Trovatten
Arthur M Hyde
Burlington supervisor cleared of misconduct charges
E L Naumann longtime Des Moines county supervisor was vindicated in an ouster case as Judge A B Lovejoy ruled state charges unsupported. Naumann was exonerated and awarded costs including a $459 attorney fee after a state investigation preceded the action. The state filed an exception after the ruling.
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Burlington
Iowa
E. L. Naumann
Des Moines
A. BR. Lovejoy
Waterloo
Naumann
Bostwicks Start Vacation Trip to Quebec
Mr and Mrs B F Bostwick Jr and their son Bob set off this morning on a vacation trip to Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Bostwick, Jr
Bob
Quebec
Ainsworth Man Called by Death
Ainsworth July 30 War ran A Woodside age 72 died at 10 36 this morning at his home after a week long illness Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 PM in the Methodist church with Rev J H Krenmyre presiding burial in Ainsworth cemetery He was born near Mediapolis son of J H and Nancy Raborn Woodside and came to Ainsworth as a young man He married December 23 1891 to Mary Hazen and is survived by her and five children John Roy May Lamb Pearl Thompson and Manford Surviving brothers and sisters are Mrs Alice Orris Mrs Clara Orris James Sherman Eva Timbo and Miss Grace He was a skilled mechanic a wind mill and well driver by trade.
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Ainsworth
Warran A. Woodside
J. H. Krenmyre
Wooodside
Mediapolis
J. H
Nancy (Raborn) Woodside
Mary Hazen
John
West Burlington
Roy
May Lamb
Pearl Thompson
Ottumwa
Manford
New London
Alice Orris
Clara Orris
Columbus City
James
Cedar Rapids
Sherman
Colorado
Eva Timbo
Oklahoma City
Grace
Chicago
Woolside
Father stops shark attack on Long Island child
In Greenport New York a blue nose shark attacked 7 year old Irene Matthews at Gull Pond. The father Carl Y. Matthews of Cleveland clubbed the shark to death and hauled it ashore. The 6 feet 7 inch carcass was identified by local fishermen as a blue nose.
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Greenport
L. IL
North Atlantic Seaboard
Irene Matthews
Gull Pond
Carl Y. Matthews
Cleveland
Matthews
Temperature 101 Degrees Again as Heat Persists
The local weather observer notes 101 degrees at 2 pm today and yesterday making this pair the warmest days of the summer so far. A 95 degree maximum was recorded yesterday with a 72 degree overnight low.
Brighton Civil War Veteran John B. Dey Dies at 84
John B. Dey longtime Brighton resident and Civil War veteran died in an Iowa City hospital after eye surgery. Born in Ohio he moved to Brighton in 1846 and held roles in the state bank assessor school board and G A R. Survived by two brothers nieces and nephews and two Civil War survivors in Brighton the family awaits word from brothers on funeral plans.
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Brighton
John B. Dey
Iowa City
Grasshoppers Alarm Iowa Farmers In Johnson County
County Agent Harold Montgomery reported no major damage in Washington county yet though a possible invasion looms. Johnson county reports grasshoppers in alfalfa fields at Charles Showers farm with crops chewed to stalks. S Lysle Duncan suspects hatch near river banks. Local farm bureau teams ready to act if swarms arrive.
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Harold Montgomery
Washington County
Johnson County
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Iowa City
Charles Showers
S. Lysle Duncan
Bank Robbery Hits Brewster with 40000 Stolen
Three armed men robbed the Brewster Banking Company and fled with 40000 in cash and bonds including payroll envelopes from Wheeling and Lake Erie railway shops. A bandit with a machine gun forced the cashier and customers aside while others looted teller cages and the vault.
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Brewster, C
Brewster Banking Company
Wheeling and Lake Erie
George Bixler
Wichita
Kans
E. Price
Drury
Okla
Price
Cannon
Red Clouw
Neb
Webster County
Lincoln
Theodore Ebsen
Cicero, Ill
Harry Ebsen
Duncombe
Three Iowans Die in Road Accident Near Maquoketa
A truck loaded with ground feed skidded off a road ten miles west of Maquoketa Iowa flipping into a creek bank. John Daemong 50 Norma Daemong 18 and Esther Peters 18 were killed instantly. Dr A J Bradley of Marion found the wreckage about an hour later.
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Maquoketa
Iowa
Here
John Daemong
Norma
Esther Peters
A. J. Bradley
Marion
Demand for Crushed Rock on Richmond Road Raises Re-surfacing Hope
A delegation from English River township urged the board of supervisors to coat the Richmond to primary road No. 1 link with crushed rock. The gravelled surface, laid two years ago, is thinning, and residents see now as an opportune time to resurface while county crews place rock on highways No. 1 and No. 81 in the same area. The board indicated support and signaled that rock will be placed.
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English River Township
Board of Supervisors
Richmond
Riverside couple welcomed five and half pound boy
Mr and Mrs Edwin Wheelan of Riverside are the parents of a five and one half pound boy born this morning at an Iowa City hospital. Raymond Hammond underwent a major operation at the Washing ton county hospital this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Wheelan
Riverside
Iowa City
Raymond Hammond
Washington¢ County Hospital
Fire rages through Aurora business district destroys multiple buildings
A large blaze in Aurora Iowa started in the Taylor cafe late at night and quickly spread along the west side of the business district. Five fire departments including Arlington Oelwein Winthrop Lamont fought the flames, hampered by water shortages, until ten structures including the post office Durfey's general store and several shops were destroyed.
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Aurora
Iowa
Taylor Cate
Arlington
Oelwein
Winthrop
Lamont
Taylor Cafe
Durfey’s
Elliott's Produce Company
Brown's Produce O
Antwine Blacksmith Shop
Kings Hardware Store
Trotters Shoe
Funeral Held Today for John C. Cupp of Keota
John B. Cupp of Keota died at University Hospital Iowa City at 1 30 a m Tuesday July 28 aged 23. He married Edith Gallup of Fairfield October 25 1926 and they had three children Phyllis Evelyn four Mary Ellouise and infant John. Survived by wife three children father A B Cupp two sisters Eva and Esther and brother Robert plus numerous relatives from Fairfield Drakesville and Des Moines attended the service.
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Keota
John B. Cupp
University Hospital
Iowa City
A B. Cupp
Edith Gallup
Fairfield
Phyllis Evelyn
Mary Ellouise
John
A. B. Cupp
Eva Cupp
Esther Cupp
Robert Cupp
Cedar Rapids
Flora Hiatt
Marjorie
H. D Hiatt
Lester
Alvin Hiatt
Millie Chatterton
Kate Cup
Injured Men Recovering After Wreck West of Town
George Kurtz and Francis Bush remain hospitalized with burns from a collision five miles west of town on primary road No 25. Kenneth Larson of Oskaloosa drove into a group by the Davis farm, killing Mr. Davis and injuring Bush Long Kurtz and Davis were awaiting threshing when the crash occurred. Cecil Long left hospital after sprain and bruise X rays showed no serious injury.
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George Kurtz
Francis Bush
Kenneth Larson
Oskaloosa
Mr. Kurtz
Pleasant Plain
Cecil Long
Larson
Francis Beliel
Howard Hoyle
C. O. Davis
Davis
Mr. Davis
Davis Farm
Ford Cuts Down On Work In August
Ford Motors will cease manufacturing operations tomorrow and not resume in August. Assembly work continues at 11 of 26 plants nationwide. A large stock of parts has been built up at all plants while outside suppliers were told to halt shipments for August.
Cedar Rapids Family Attends Funeral in Fairfield
Floyd Gallup and family Hedrick and Mr and Mrs Robert Cupp and son Jack of Cedar Rapids attend funeral services Thursday at 2 o clock in the Christian church where Mr Cupp was a member. Rev T M Walton of Bridgewater Iowa presides. Burial in Evergreen cemetery Fairfield follows.
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Floyd Gallup
Hedrick
Robert Cupp
Jack
Cedar Rapids
Christian Church
Cupp
T. M. Walton
Bridgewater
Iowa
Evergreen Cemetery
Fairfield
Rogers claims Texas will be tackled by practice and liquor
Beverly Hills, July 30. Col. Rogers on Alfalfa Bill Murray's Oklahoma fighting staff jokes about early matchups. He says Oklahoma will train to face Kansas then Texas in the finals and notes a quip about Texan liquor as a punchline in his preparation.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Murray
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Bill
Rogers
Mexico
Tequilla
State highway officers visit Washington for safety week
Charles Laffer of Sigourney and FE. C. Haynes of Centerville, agents for the state automobile department, checked traffic laws in Washington. Nineteen drivers paid fines in Justice Barber’s court, while about fifty more with bad lights were warned to fix them. The officers, part of a twenty strong safety week drive, stopped motorists at key junctions near Washington and Ainsworth.
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Charles Laffer
Sigourney
FE. C. Haynes
Centerville
State Automobile Department
Washington
Court of Justice of the Peace
W. E. Barber
Washington Square
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Laffer
Haynes
No. 2
Squire Barber
No. 161
Ainsworth
Proclaim Martial Law in Shanghai Native Quarter
Martial law was proclaimed in Shanghai for three days amid spreads of unrest after floods. The decree targets the Chinese area around the large foreign sections under city councils and police as Chiang Kai-shek fights rebels in Canton and the Peiping Tientsin region. Communications disruptions and heavy loss of life accompany the floods in the Yangtze valley.
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Shanghai
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Foréea
Canton
Peiping
Tientsin
Yangtze Valley
July corn surges five cents on Chicago board
July corn jumped five cents on the Chicago board today, with shorts scrambling to cover. The price reached 72 and a half cents, more than thirteen cents higher than Tuesday’s close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Shorts
Record Airmen Reach Britain and Turkey in Long Flights
Two New England aviators Russell Boardman and John Polando landed in Istanbul after a 5000 mile Atlantic crossing claiming a distance record. Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr continued their world flight from Croydon to Berlin en route to Moscow. Amy Johnson pressed toward Tokio as Lindbergh began a vacation flight to Tokyo from Maine.
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America
Atlantic
Russel Boardman
John Polando
Istanbul
Turkey
Clydd Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Moscow
England
Berlin
United Press
New York
Russell Boardman
Yechilkey Airdrome
Clyde
Pangborn
Croydon
Templehof
Arctic
Zepelin
Friedrichshafen
Amy Johnson
London
Tokio
Kazan
Russia
Severdnov
Russell N. Boardman
Newfoundland
Croydon Airdome
Eng
Miss Veedel
Clyde Pangborn
Moylesgrove
Cardigan
Wales
Herndon
Moylegrove
Chautauqua Season Tickets Go On Sale in Washington
Season tickets for the 1930 Chautauqua will be sold at Washington banks on Saturday August 1. Tickets may be bought at the usual price. Those who pledged earlier are urged to buy soon to ease the committee’s labor. After a week, unresponsive pledges will be contacted to urge purchase before the assembly opens. Considerable interest has been shown and a large attendance is expected.
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Washington
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Canone
Scarface
George FE. Q. Johnson
Michael Ahern
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the Treasury
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Harrison
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Lamar
Colo
Henry Paulson
W. A. Woodside
Neral
Long Island
J. BR. Dey
CITI
Ohio
State Bank
Justice of the Peach
Frank Dey
Houston
C. P. Dey
Prosser
Mary Wrycoff
Jennie
Verne Madden
James Bales
Verle Kock
Mr. Dey
W. A. Coffman
Ed Simpson
IN Johnson CO
Maquokeea
Erward
Ask
Richmond Road
Owa
Keota Church
John C. Cupp
FORD
Will
Britain
Boardman
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