Illinois Congressman Dennison Indicted On Prohibition Charge
Representative Edward E. Dennison of Illinois and his secretary John Lane were indicted by a DC grand jury on a prohibition law violation. The case stemmed from a seized suitcase addressed to Lane at Dennison's care found at Union Station amid reports Dennison denies drinking. Dennison pledged to travel to Washington to fight the charges.
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Washington
U.P
Edward E. Dennison
Illinois
District of Columbia
John Lane
Dennison
Union Station
Lane
Marion
Ill
Y.P
United Press Today
Dr A W Henke Speaks At Rotary On Service Ideals
Dr A W Henke new Methodist pastor addressed the Rotary club at the noon meeting, presenting a practical talk on the service ideal. He urged giving value through work, balancing vocation with an avocation, and stressed service as core to business and character. The talk impressed members and the next meeting will be the monthly evening session.
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A. W. Henke
Rotary Club
Dr Henke
Methodist Church
Rotary
Washington YMCA to field two basketball teams this season
Election of Lyle Sehnits as playing manager accompanies plans for two YMCA basketball teams at Washington MA. Nearly thirty young men attended a community dinner and business meeting before court of play in the gym. Last year’s players Schulty Fill Kolosick and Don Crone remain, with Weaver expected. many candidates and strong material noted. Also note: Germany makes horseback piano transport devices for interior Africa.
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Lyle Sehnits
Washington
R. L. Coulter
Cumnasium
Possibl
Schulty
Fill
Kolosick
Don Crone
Weaver
Sunday Movies Banned in Fairfield by City Council
Fairfield Illinois bans Sunday films after ordinance approved by Mayor Har ley Carter and council. Lusher and Richard Day of Centerville had opened the theatre on Sunday, were arrested, fined 275 dollars, and appealed. The Days reopened last Sunday and faced additional charges and planned trials.
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Airfield
Fairfield
Beig
Harley Carter
Fairfields
Lusher
Richard Day
Centerville
C Ty
Women's Foreign Missionary Society Meets at Ainsworth Dir.
The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church holds an all day meeting at Ainworth church with a pot-luck luncheon. District and conference officers appear on the program led by Mrs. G. W. Poole of Crawfordsville. The schedule includes greetings, devotionals, talks, music, and presentations by members from Ainsworth Crawfordsville Washington and Wilton Junction.
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Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Ainorth Church
G. W. Poole
Crawfordsville
Washington Methodist Church
King’s Herald Band
Huber
Two Mite
Bulah Rich
Ted Marwell
L. L. Jeavers
Funeral services set for James W. Good Friday in Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for James W. Good, former secretary of war, will be held Friday at 2 o clock in Cedar Rapids. Businesses may close during the hour and all city flags will be half staff from Thursday until after the funeral. Will J. Deacon announces arrangements. Separately, Harry Brantz aged 66, a Linn County farmer and Good's boyhood friend, died of heart disease at his home nearby.
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Cedar Rapids
U.P
James W. Good
Will J. Deacon
Good
Harry B.rantz
Linn County
Country Club Stag Dinner Set For Thursday
Men of the Washington country club will dine at the club house at 6 30 Thursday evening. Prize awards from the annual golf tournament will follow. Stock holders are invited to attend the dinner and the informal meeting on golf affairs.
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Washington Country Club
Hoover Holds Meeting With Business Men
President Hoover convened rail executives and cabinet members for a first in a series of conferences to reassure the economy. Eastern railroads pledged to proceed with expansion, expecting work for steel mills, shops, and thousands of workers, amid hopes for continued business as usual.
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Washington
Hoover
Hold Convention in Baptist Church
Sunday school convention moves from Eicher church to Washington Church due to rain and mud. Despite travel conditions a Washington County gathering draws attendees including from Ficher community. The closing address by Walter Hutton of Des Moines on Kingdom Leadership in the New Day will cap the session this evening.
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Washington County
Baptist Church
Eicher
Marion Township
Washington
Ficher
Walter Hutton
Des Moines
State Association
New President of Chicago University Inaugurated Today
Robert Maynard Hutchins, 30, was inaugurated president of the University of Chicago before 112 proxies. He pledged higher salaries for professors to prevent mediocrity in the profession. William J. Hutchins and William G. Hutchins attended, with the elder Hutchins receiving an honorary degree.
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Chicago
Navy
U.P
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
William J. Hutchins
Berea College of
Kentucky
William G. Hutchins
Robert
Westminster School For Boys
Y M C A Campaign Targets Washington in 1930 Drive
The 1929 Washington Y M C A fund drive continues with a second big day Thursday as solicitors visit remaining homes to obtain pledges. A dinner at 6 30 pm will unite 950 committee members while pledge cards for about 200 individuals are distributed. Last week’s efforts yielded $4 551 and total contributions rose to $5 010 with about $2 000 still to raise.
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Washington
Washington Y. M. C. A
Mexico Returns to Normal After Contested Election
Mexico City reports a gradual return to normal after the presidential poll. The Supreme Court backed Pasquae Ortiz Rubio's landslide win, while fraud charges from Jose Vasconcelos supporters fade. Ortiz Rubio prepares for February 5 inauguration.
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Mexico City
Mexican Supreme Court
Pasquae Ortiz Rubio
Jose Vasconcelos
Supreme Court
Ortiz Rubio
Agriculture position strengthens per U S department report
The U S Department of Agriculture reports this year’s farm sector is stronger than last year. Since early summer prices rose across most farm commodity groups, with meat animals as the exception.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Sunday School Orchestra Substitutes for Presbyterians
An evening concert by an orchestra composed of Presbyterian and Baptist Sunday school players, directed by Milan Shields, fills in for the Crawfordsville United Presbyterian group due to muddy roads. Earlier, about forty county Sunday school enthusiasts gathered in Washington for talks by Hutton, H. G. Herbrecht, John Speidel, Miss Maizie Stewart, and Rev. A. A. Vinz, with a Sunday school program symposium.
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Washington
Hutton
H. G. Herbrecht
Walter Hutton
John Speidel
Maizie Stewart
A. A. Vinz
Cold Wave Hits Central United States with Snow and Ice
A Canadian Northwest cold front spread across the central United States bringing snow and icy winds. Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas saw freezing or below temperatures with little daytime relief. Des Moines reports 16 above to slightly above freezing, with snow covering many areas and more cold expected as the system moves east.
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Chicago
U.P
United States
Michigan
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Middlewest
Des Moines
Charles TD. Reed
Reed
Thanks for flowers and sympathy at Mr Jacob Lambert’s death
The family of Jacob Lambert thanks friends and neighbors for floral tributes and other expressions of sympathy shown after his death. Mrs. Lambert and children express appreciation for support during their loss.
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Jacob Lambert
Lambert
Berry to Present Oberammergau Passion Play Pictures
Dr and Mrs Ira P Berry of Chicago will show pictures of the Oberammergau Passion Play at the Methodist church on Wednesday December 4. Berry, coached by Anton Lang, will impersonate eighteen leading characters behind the screen to reproduce voices, offering a polished educational entertainment for the community.
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Ira P. Berry
Chicago
Dr. Berry
Anton Lang
Christus
Oberammergan
Berry
Attend Auxiliary Meet at Burlington
Six members of the Legion Auxiliary of Leon Beatty post attended the first district annual convention in Burlington Monday. Leaders included Mrs. Grace Gilbert King and Mrs. M. Myrton Skelly. a luncheon and tea followed the sessions with strong turnout from Burlington and Mt. Pleasant units.
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The
Legion Auxiliary
Leon Beatty
Burlington
Dan Lindblad
William Graff
Frank Kurtz
Tom Downing
Boice Kurtz
Washington
Phillip Crail
Mt. Peasant
Mason's Temple
Unites
Grace Gilbert King
M. Myrton Skelly
Woman Kills Self Over Market Crash Despondency
Cedar Rapids Iowa November 19 1930 police report that Mrs Alice Rugh died by her own action in despondency over stock market losses. She did so in her locked car with her two children George 7 and Alice Bertie 6 inside. Her husband Captain Bert Mwneh an architect and war veteran had died in a previous automobile accident.
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Cedar Rapids
U.R
Alice Rugh
Mre Runeh
Enricb
Capt
Bert Mwneh
Merritt to Oversee Washington Henry County Road Work
R. C. Merritt of Mt. Pleasant will supervise primary road work in Washington and Henry counties replacing W. P. Rawn. Franklin will manage local office duties as Merritt visits about once a week. Weather delays graveling on the northeast county road. 52 cars of gravel are on hand awaiting better conditions.
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R. C. Merritt
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County
State Highway Commission
Washington County
W. P. Rawn
Mr. Merritt
Washington
G. C. Franklin
State Road Board
No. 161
Ainsworth
Winfield
Sakulin Claim Trial Nears Conclusion in Kalona
The case of Mrs Verna Sakulin of Kalona seeking 980 pounds from the estate of her father William Small nears conclusion after two days of hearings. Evidence concluded after two this afternoon with jury arguments by C C Wilson for the claimant and A E Bald rige for George Eglin the Kalona administrator. The impaneled jury includes Grace Reed Bessie Ross Carrie Showalter James Morrow Cyrus Birka Ray Minick Ruth Hess David Turmipseed Ed Mayer J E Curl Frank R Sage and Charles Donald Kon.
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Verna Sakulin
Kalona
William Small
C. Wilson
A. E. Baldrige
George Eglin
Book Reviews At City Library Preview Series
The first review in a library series was given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. A. Anderson She discussed On Wandering Wheels by Jan Gordon and Cora J Gordon detailing the couple’s Maine to Georgia sedan journey through roadside camps with few big cities. The review highlighted the trip as engaging with a note on Mongolia and Manchuria in dog skins.
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A. Anderson
Services at White House on Wednesday
Last night services were held at the White House with attendees gathered for a reflection event. Officials did not release further details about speakers or participants.
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White House
Senators Praise James W. Good for Inland Waterway Efforts
Iowa Senator Brookhart calls Good’s death a loss to the middle west and credits him with interest and efficiency in promoting the inland waterway system. Senator Steck recalls twenty years of personal acquaintance and his hard loyal work on the program Good began.
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Brookhart
Iowa
Good
James W. Good
Middle West
Senator Steck
Mourning Follows Death of War Secretary James W Good
President Hoover ordered public buildings to fly flags at half mast and prepare a national tribute for James W Good secretary of war who died at Walter Reed Hospital at 8 30 p m after complications from an appendectomy His body will lie in the White House East Room before burial in Cedar Rapids Iowa Officials will close executive departments and Congress in mourning attend the funeral in Washington then proceed to burial services in Iowa Good spoken resolve in his final hours as doctors fought to save him
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Washington
Hoover
James W. Good
Good
Walter Reed Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Stimson
United States
Curtis
Senate
Denseen
Illinois
Dale
Vermont
Gilslett
Massachusetts
Prockhart
Iowa
Harrison
Mississippi
McKellar
Tennessee
Glass
House
Longworth
Tilson
Wood
Indiana
Crampton
Michigan
James
Childblom
Garner
Burns
Quinn
Core
Cedd& Rapids
Deneen
Congress
James William Good
Secretary Good
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Ering
Chicago University
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City Library
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