Millionaires to Be Called as Rum Trial Witnesses
In New York, witnesses including several millionaires, society women, a moving picture star and a former diplomat are expected to be summoned in the trial of Count Polignac, head of the Godart company, tied to a large bootlegging ring. Justice officials say the case rests with Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Watts.
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Washington
New York
Moving Picture
Count Polignac
Godart Company
Justice Department
United States
Robert Watts
Conditions favorable for corn husking in Iowa last week
Des Moines reports that Iowa had mostly favorable husking conditions with below normal temperatures and little precipitation. About three quarters of husking done in northeastern counties while excess moisture delayed husking and cribbing in the far south. Northern yields exceeded expectations though Story and Poweshiek counties lagged. Livestock healthy with lighter losses than usual. hog influence may rise after the cold wave and snow.
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Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Federal Crops Observer
Northeas
Reed
Story
Poweshiek
Memorandum Reports 245 Liquor Cases Sent to White House
Authorized memo indicates 245 cases of liquor were delivered to a Long Island estate linked to a prominent businessman. The liquor arrived as general cargo labeled dinnerware and earthenware by a steamship line. No action yet against the line. line presumed unlikely to know it carried contraband.
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White House
Ring
Long Island
America
Trans-Oceanic Steamship Company
Steamship Company
Steamer Line
Washington Demons Edge Fairfield 7 6 in Tight Clash
Washington high school football team defeated Fairfield 7 to 6 at Parsons College gridiron. Lee Munson and Charlie McAvoy sparked the rally as Washington came from behind, earning a key Little Six league win and potential second place.
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Washington
L. A Ginenkin
Demons
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Muscatine
Grayhounds
Parsons College
Mairfield
Lee Munson
Chunky
L A. Gluenkin
Snow Drifts Stop Traffic Across Colorado
Snow drifts block roads in Colorado with temperatures from 4 below zero in mountains to 15 above in Denver. Rescue teams dig out a school bus in El Paso county and children spend the night in ranch houses. Hunters stranded in mountain cabins. several rescued or reported missing as snowstorms challenge travel across the region.
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United Press
Chicago
Colorado
Denver
Ree
Colby
Kan
el Paso
F Ambrose Hout Dies at Iowa City
Fletcher Ambrose Hout died at University hospital in Iowa City after weeks of illness in Audubon He was born October 1 1886 in Washington and lived most of his life His survivors include his mother two daughters three grandchildren and a sister Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 30 PM at L A Jones funeral home with interment in Washington
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Fletcher Ambrose Hout
University Hospital
Iowa City
Hout
Audubon
Iowa
Dean Harger
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Hout
S. W. Hout
North Avenue D
Washington
Blanch Kephart
W. A. Rogers
Chicago
Join Dodd
Thel. A
Decision delayed on Skunk River Bridge cost split
State highway commission members held a hearing yesterday in Coppock on apportioning repair and maintenance costs for the Skunk River bridge. They took the matter under advisement and will announce later how Jefferson Henry and Washington counties share the expense. Commissioners Niles and Reipe attended the session and viewed the bridge with county supervisors.
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State Highway Commission
Skunk River
Coppock
Jefferson
Henry
Washington
Niles and
Reipe
State Board
Niles
State Commission
Two Cars Collide. Man Fatally Hurt in Des Moines
Des Moines report says C A Stoddard of Saylorville Ia died of injuries after his car collided with a Des Moines vehicle driven by A K Thacker. Stoddard died several hours after being hospitalized.
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Des Moines
C A. Stoddard
Saylorville
A. K. Thacker
Chapel Night Club Hidden in Peabody Cemetery
Police raid reveals a cemetery chapel used as a night club for weeks with 26 men and nine women dancing to phonograph and accordion music. Officers seize 13 quarts of beer in the chapel and 25 quarts in the cellar. caretaker faces charges of illegal manufacture and keeping liquor for sale.
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Peabody
Mass
U.P
Membership Drive Expands Red Cross in Washington County
Weather delayed the Red Cross roll call but activity continues and2 Washington County shows 464 members with over 400 in Washington town. Brighton reported 54 with more counties to come as drives push to meet or exceed past years. Voters are urged to leave memberships at Commercial Savings Bank to speed final tally.
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Washington County
Washington
Brighton
V Tn
Bank
Commercial Savings Bank
Presbyterian national missions conference planned at church
Dr F W Eastwood of the Presbyterian church announces a national missions conference at the church this Friday as part of five Iowa City presbytery meetings. Speakers include Dr Hallowell of New York and Dr Calsee of Asheville. Women’s session at ten, men’s session at ten, with two o’clock talks. weather and rail service considerations dictate schedule. Attendees from Columbus Junction Haskins Bethel Crawfordsville Brighton Keota Sigourney What Cheer Cotter invited.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Iowa City
Washington
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Haskins
Bethel
Crawfordsville
Brighton
Keota
Sigourney
Cheer
Cotter
Hoover doctrine shifts Italian stance on submarines
Rome reports President Hoover's freedom of the seas doctrine has altered Italian views, creating a current in favor of abolishing submarines, though no final decision has been made.
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Rome
U.P
Hoover
Hoover Mellon Mills hold early stock talk at White House
President Hoover met with Secretary Mellon Undersecretary Mills and Roy A Young at the White House to discuss the stock market situation. Officials gave no publication on the matter but observers noted the discussion and anticipated possible government action.
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Washington
Hoover
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Mills
Roy A. Young
Federal Reserve Board
Whit House
White House
Treasury
Formation of Southeastern Iowa Junior College Conference Discussed
A meeting at the high school Saturday at two will organize a southeastern Iowa junior college conference to oversee inter-college athletics and activities. Superintendents deans and athletic directors from Albia Bloomfield Tipton Muscatine Burlington Chariton and Washington plan to attend. Chariton weighs conference options and may join the eastern league. The northeast and northwest conferences are already formed and the southwestern is imminent. The state tournament for basketball champions from each conference is set for March 14 at a site to be announced. Washington’s large enrollment boosts the local junior college’s standing in Iowa.
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Bloomfield
Tipton Muscatine
Burlington
Chariton
Washington
Iowa
Favor Completion of Inland Waterway Projects in 5 Years
The Mississippi Valley association, after its annual convention in St. Louis, endorsed finishing inland waterway projects within five years. It urged linking the inland system with the Great Lakes via the Illinois and Des Plaines rivers and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal as a federal project. William R. Dawes re elected president. Thomas F. Cunningham and Richard Hawes also held top posts, with new district vice presidents named.
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U.P
Mississippi Valley Association
Great Lakes Chain
Illinois
Desplaines
Chicago
Mississippi River
William R. Dawes
Chieves
Association
Thomas F. Cunningham
New Orleans
Richard Hawes
St Louis
John H. Kelly
Sioux City
Tra
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Gadsden
Tex
Canvass Progress Reported For Local YMCA Drive
Early canvass reports for the YMCA on Washington show favorable momentum yet the fund raising goal of seven thousand dollars remains challenging. Forty men and twenty boys gathered for a solicitors dinner and conference as the drive launched, with more volunteers joining in later. Weather may delay completion and a final roundup is planned for a week hence. A 6 30 dinner at the Y will review daily reports and outline continuation plans. Friends are urged to pledge at the Y or office promptly.
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Washington
Friends of the
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Sauerkraut Maker Wins Lawsuit In Waterloo
In Waterloo Iowa on November 13 the court denied Wartley’s injunction to stop Ros Hartong from making sauerkraut in the basement of his building. The odor allegedly drove customers away from Wartley’s paint and wallpaper store.
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U.R Sauerkraut
I Wartley
Ros Hartong
Wartley
Hartong
Richard M. Aitken Dies in Colorado at 85
Richard M. Aitken, 85, died in Denver after a brief illness from a heart ailment. Aitken, born in Scotland and come to America at 15, was known to Crawfordsville residents as husband of Mary McKinney. He visited Washington and leaves three sons and one daughter.
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R. T. McCall
Colorado Springs
Richard M. Aitken
Denver
Aitken
Crawfordsville
Mary McKinney
Washington
Scotland
America
Three Die In Bancroft Crossing Train Crash
Three people returning from a Sioux City shopping trip were struck and killed by a passenger train near Bancroft Nebraska. The victims were Richard Doescher 32 his wife 28 and sister in law Bessie Vacha 24. The crash occurred as they turned onto a railroad crossing outside Bancroft.
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Bancroft
Neb
U.P
Here
Sioux City
St. Paul
Farm leader outlines tariff views at national grange meeting
Louis J. Taber declares farmers seek equality, not privilege, in a master’s address to the national grange convention in Seattle. He calls for tariff for all or none, export debenture, tax reform, highway and farm to market road expansion, limits on real estate, and a nationwide cooperative response to industrial mergers.
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Seattle
Wash
New
Louis J. Taber
National Grange Convention
Taber
Bowers to Broadcast Church Services from Waterloo Station
Word from Waterloo says Dr. W. W. Bowers will broadcast from the Waterloo station WMT tomorrow at 10 AM and conduct services each Thursday at that hour. He was formerly pastor of the Methodist church here.
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Waterloo
W. W. Bowers
WMT
Dr. Bowers
Methdist
Dinner Draws 100 Masons to Masonic Temple
Members of the Eastern Star served more than 100 Masons a bountiful dinner at the Masonic temple. Attendees included neighbors and a large Washington lodge representation. The third degree was conferred on two candidates with sections at four and eight o clock.
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Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Washington Lodge
Secretary Good Operated On For Appendicitis
Secretary of War James W. Good underwent an appendicitis operation at Walter Reed hospital after a difficult night following an attack at his home. Army surgeons performed the procedure shortly after 10 a.m. today, with hurried preparations for the operation.
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Washington
U.P
James W. Good
Walter Reed Hospital
Up From Behind Strike Injures Vehicle
A collision report notes an assailant struck the automobile from behind causing damage and minor injuries. Authorities investigated the scene and gathered witness statements and evidence for further action.
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