Fall Sinclair trial adjourned over tampering claims
The November trial was halted to tomorrow as Justice Siddons weighs alleged jury tampering by government lawyers. affidavits claim juror Kidwell promised a car if defendants were acquitted and that Burns detective agency operatives monitored jurors. Grand jury opens probe into the case.
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Washington
Sinclair
Siddons
Edward J. Kidwell
Fall
Burns Detective Agency
New York
Kidwell
Neil Burkinshaw
Qualter M. jShea
United States
J. Ray Akers
Don Key King
Mason Day
Sinclair Exploration Company
Donald Woodward
Burkinshaw
Akers
The
Washington Herald
Halloween Mischief Quiet in Washington Community
Washington boys and girls largely observed Halloween safely with limited damage. Windows of local businesses smeared with soap hindered morning operations. A hay wagon a buggy and an oil sign were moved to the high school ward while porch chairs were displaced. News notes a sister in Muscatine and gas consumption figures show a rise in daily fuel use.
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Washington
Hallowe’en
Boston Preacher Elected President of Iowa Wesleyan
Dr. James FB Coons of Boston was named president of Iowa Wesleyan College at a trustees meeting. He is pastor of Newton Center Methodist Church and teaches theology at Boston University. He succeeds Dr. U S Smith who resigned last June to enter the ministry.
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Boston
Iowa Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant
James FB. Coons
Iowa Wesleyan College
Board of Trustees
Dr. Coons
Newton Center
Mass
Methodist Church
Theology College
Boston University
U. S. Smith
Minstrel Revue Cast Announced by American Legion
The Harem Scarem Minstrel Revue at the tramah theatre Thursday and Friday promises top home talent. Cast includes Harold Reynolds Winifred Allen and many others in nine scenes with song, dance, and blackface acts amid special costumes and lighting.
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American Legion
Traham Theatre
Frederick BB. Ingram
Reduction in Corporation Tax Is Asked
Washington November 1 A representative of the National Association of Manufacturers James A Emery urged the House Ways and Means Committee to cut corporation taxes to align with individual rates arguing the 18 1-2 percent levy is unjust He said reducing corporate taxes would yield broad social benefits and should anchor a new tax reduction bill Also Senator Simmons the ranking minority member of the Senate Finance Committee called Mellons 225 million dollar plan too small and favored larger cuts including possible reductions or elimination of automobile and tobacco taxes with a broader drive to wipe out nuisance taxes in the next session.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
James A. Emery
Washington D. C
National Association of Manufacturers
Emery
Mellon
Ways and Means
Green
Iowa
Garner
Dem
Tex
White House
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate Finance Committee
Nearly 300 still missing after Italian liner sank
Officials of Navigazione Generale Italiene report 296 persons missing after the Principessa Mafalda sank 90 miles off the Brazilian coast last week. Survivors said more than 300 aboard and few were rescued.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Navigazione Generale Italiane
Principessa Mafalda
Dr Frederick A Cook Seeks Supreme Court Review
Dr Frederick A Cook Arctic explorer won US Supreme Court review of his bid for release from Leavenworth federal prison where he serves 14 years and 2 months for using the mails to defraud. The case challenges the validity of a probation release order issued after his conviction in a Fort Worth oil stock scheme.
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Washington
Frederick A. Cook
United States Supreme Court
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Fort Worth
Texas
Cook
Minstrel Show Promises Evening of Fun and Music
A minstrel program featuring Leone Simpson as soloist and a pony chorus opens with a new song medley. T L Brookhart leads end men Leland Carris Ed Squires Joe Brower Rodney Arnold Fran Hop Shearer and Preston Wolf. Shield's orchestra provides music with Miss Edith Boileau at the piano. Admission is fifty cents.
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Leone Simpson
T. L. Brookhart
Leland Carris
Ed Squires
Joe Brower
Rodney Arnold
Fran
Hop) Shearer
Preston Wolf
Shield
Edith Boileau
Capper of Kansas Backs Senator Curtis Nomination
St Louis November 1 Senator Arthur Capper Republican from Kansas said Kansas Republicans will support Senator Curtis for the presidential nomination. He praised Curtis popularity in Washington and expected strong support in the middle west and west for Curtis among those mentioned for the nomination while attending a farm relief conference with agricultural leaders.
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Capper
Kansas
Senator Curtis
St. Louis, Mo
Arthur Capper
Kans
Curtis
Washington
Middlewestern
Coach Rice Builds Anew After Hard Luck At Washington
Hod Rice leads Washington high school football through a tough run of injuries and an ineligible player. He plans a strong, aggressive line and quick backfield to win the remaining games against Wellman on Armistice Day Sigourney on Nov 19 and Columbus Junction on Thanksgiving. The team gains time with no game this week to develop a new combination.
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Hod” Rice
Washington High School
Coach Rice
Rice
Wellman
Sigourney
Columbus Junction
Stockholders Ordered to Pay 100 Percent Dividend
Des Moines judge orders the stockholders of the closed Town Loan and Trust Company to cover a full 100 percent assessment. Judge Les ter L. Thompson did not rule on solvency, with judgments totaling 500000 to be issued. stockholders have acknowledged 230000 and 270000 remains opposed. Wages for two late buyers were not decided.
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Des Moines
Town Loan and Trust Company
Lester L. Thompson
L. A. Andrew
Thompson
J. M. Callander, Jr
F. &. Rudebeck
Quiet Predominates in Missouri Coal Fields After Violent Week
In Lexington Missouri on November 1 the Ray and LaFayette county coal fields saw quiet after Monday’s clashes. Seven hundred regular union miners blocked independent workers from reporting to wage labor. Fist fights and blunt force injuries occurred as independents earned a day wage of 75 dollars, while regulars were seeking $7.50 daily.
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Lexington
Ray
LaFayette
Appeal to Business Men to Understand Farmers Ills
In St Louis a conference of agricultural leaders from fourteen western and southern states opened with Gov Geo W Donaghey urging business men to understand farming ills He urged either universal protection or none and favored a government agency to fix prices He backed McNary Haugen farm relief and warned of government aid disparity He urged Congress to pass relief measures. Capper McMullen and Butler voiced support while Taylor reported agriculture’s share of national income shrinking from 20.7 to 9.6 percent over five years.
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ST. Louis
Geo W. Donaghey
Arkansas
McNary- Haugen
Tait Butler
Progressive Farmer
Memphis, Tenn
Henry C. Taylor
Department of Land Economics
Northwestern University
Dr Clark Briefs Rotary on European Trip and War Links
Dr. Clark and Mrs. Clark spoke at the Rotary on Ladies Night about their journey to Ostend Belgium for the Rotary International convention. They traveled by automobile with friends, shared experiences and pictures, and recalled war service in the hospital corps highlighting insights from World War I. A short play by Mrs Ted Michels and others preceded the lecture, delighting the audience with a study of subconscious minds and emotions.
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Rotary Club
Clark
Rotary International
Ostend
Belgium
Sahara once Forested Dense forests once grew on the Sahara
A Dearborn Independent report quotes a Chicago professor about ancient Sahara conditions and a race that survived by hunting and farming in the desert, indicating historical climate and human activity in the region.
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Sahara Desert
Dearborn Independent
Chicago
Penn College Opens Big Drive for Funds
OsKaloosa Iowa November 1 Penn College launches a 150000 endowment drive with an initial 25000 gift from Mrs Anna Sherman and Mrs W S Lacy daughters of the late H L Spencer. The Spencer family previously gave a 125000 Spencer memorial chapel in honor of their husband.
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Oskaloosa
Penn College
Anna Sherman
W. S. Lacy
H. L. Spencer
Spencer
Mary Spencer
Spencer Memorial
American Legion to Build Post Building in Iowa City
After a $55,000 bond drive closed successfully, plans move forward to erect a new American Legion building in Iowa City. The Roy L. Chopek post will oversee construction at a cost of $115,009.
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American Legion AT
Iowa City
Owa City
American Legion
Roy L. Chopek
Birthday Anniversary for Catherine Wieland Noted in Riverside
Relatives and friends gathered at Mrs. Catherine Wieland’s home in Riverside to celebrate her sixth birthday anniversary. Born October 27, 1837 in Alsace Lorraine, she came to America at age eleven and has lived in Washington County near Riverside since. Her husband Frederick Wieland died in 1911, and she has several children residing in Riverside and Arkansas. Net Beranek visited from Colorado Springs and others assist family members. Prof and Mrs Knight hosted an evening for Riverside high school teachers with games, music, and refreshments.
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Riverside
Catherine Wieland
Alsace Lorraine
France
America
West Point
Lee County
Washington County
Joseph
Magdaline Critz
Catherine Critz
Frederick Wieland
Mary Bauer
John Knittel
Nettie Dautremont
Matilda Wieland
Joseph Wieland
Frank Wieland
Arkansas
Net Beranek
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mary Beranek
John Mottet
Cedar Rapids
Norbert Dautremont
R. C. Knight
Riverside High School
Polly Curlin
Denmark
Tenn
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Henry Walderich
Muscatine
Ed Mayer
Lena Mayer
American Legion Minstrel
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Sailor
Harold Reynolds
Winifred Allen
Marie Jackson
Eva Barham
Anita Pratt
Hazel Kiser
Lucille Schmoeller
Lucille Barr
Irene Roe
Edna Orr
Helen Payne
Anita Griggs
Mae Mangold
Irene Paul
Oxzle Teets
Mary Dougall
Evelyn Crawford
Dorothy Prebyl
Ethel King
Black Bottom
Virginia Macon
Giusband
B. Kerr Goldie
P. L. Etter
P. C. Woods
Arda Dankwardt
Squires Co
Maynard Brown
Steve Steppin
Carlton Haven
Don Paul
Ralph Moothart
Alfred Ledger
Victor Crone
Jay Brown
Leland Morrison
John Winga
Clarence Logan
Paris
Rodney Arnold Oae Sas Frank
Hop
Shearer
Banjo Boys
Simpson & Boileau
Gantids Dees
Winifred Allen Er
Roy Sate
Dorothy Waggoner
Eloise Mallory
Ruth Myer
Jessie Kallous
Mabel Kupka
Helen Myer
Mildred Brown
Nellie Runnels
EAS
Charles Dennison
Teaet
Adn
Eck Pense
Clarence White
Ninearea Ie
Will Cummings
John Winja
Hebner & Rohvig
DR. Cook
Missouri
Donaghey
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
Sahara
al Williams
Italy
Williams
Legion
Ment Por
Hirh
Charles M. Denison
the Graham
Drum and Bugle Corps
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