Local Youth Drowns While Swimming in Wapsipinicon River
Edward Balicek, a recent local high school graduate, drowned while swimming in the Wapsipinicon River two miles west of town on his brother George Balicek Jr.'s farm. His companion Rex Wheeler, eight, from Cedar Rapids, was visiting and reported Edward vanished after stepping into a deep hole.
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George Balicek, Jr
Here
Wapsipinicon
George
Edward
Rex Wheeler
Cedar Rapids
Rex
Confidence gang member admits plea after Monmouth swindle
A member of a confidence gang accused of cheating Grover Caster, an Otumwa packing plant employee, out of 1200 has pleaded in nocent after being returned from Monmouth. TJ Anderson, jailed here, was arrested at Monmouth three hours after three men swindled Caster on a bet he could not withdraw his money from a bank. The other two, Frank C. Syrek and Norman Semple, also face charges of several other recent Iowa swindles. Syrek and Semple have pleaded innocent.
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Grover Caster
Ottumwa
Monmouth
TJ Anderson
Caster
Frank C. Syrek
Providence
R. J
Norman Semple
Cochranville
Penn
Iowa
Syrek
Semple
Parole Board Frees Nichols From Prison
DES MOINES The Town parole board announces the release from Fort Madison of J. K. Nichols who served 15 years for attempted robbery. Nichols and an accomplice tried to rob the First National Bank of Diagonal Ringgold county on December 1 1925. He received a life sentence May 7 1926 and was commuted to zero years November 26 1928 by former Gov. Kraschel.
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J. K. Nichols
Nichols
First National Bank of
Diagonal
Ringgold County
Nelson G. Kraschel
Norris Favors Crushing Nazis
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, the lone 1917 war critic in the Senate, urged destroying German factories capable of producing ships planes tanks and arms as a condition for lasting peace. He noted Washington and London agree Hitlerism must be crushed before peace.
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D. C
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Britain
Norris
London
Graduation Speaker Starts Back South
Dr. Willis A. Sutton of Atlanta delivered the commencement address here last night and left immediately by car for a 1200 mile drive home to the south. His driver slept at a hotel while Sutton spoke to graduates. He arrived in Washington just before seven after a Greencastle Ind. address and had time only for part of a steak before heading to Casefield for the program. He will return next Thursday to give the Ottumwa high school commencement.
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Atlanta
South
Washington
Greencastle
Ind
Sutton
Casefield
Ottumwa High School
Roger Bacon Predicted Flying Device in 1252 Letter
In a 1252 communication, English scholar Roger Bacon described a device in which a man sits in the middle and turns a crank to make artificial wings beat the air like a bird, foreseeing human flight.
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Roger Bacon
Burlington Trails Local Bus Schedule Westbound
Westbound service for Burlington Trails shows Bus No. 8 departing Washington at 6 14 a m Bus No. 9 departing Washington at 2 02 p m and Bus No. 7 departing Washington at 3 45 p m The schedule lists morning and afternoon departures from Washington.
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Kansas City
Southwest Limited
W. C. Bell
Kansas City-Daven
Washington
Ainsworth
West Chester
Morning Sun
Burlington Trailwaysb
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Spaniards Cut Giant Mahogany Trees in Jamaica
Records indicate that late in the sixteenth century Spaniards felled immense mahogany trees in Jamaica, reported as 36 feet in girth. Separately, Iceland pipes natural hot water from volcanoes into Reykjavik to heat offices and homes.
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Iceland
Reykjavik
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