Bank Scandal Snares New York Banks in Robbery Plot
Legal entanglements threaten recovery of 400000 by a Telluride bank after Charles De los Waggoner's confession of a 500000 swindle in Wall Street. The scheme relied on fake telegrams from six New York banks to shift losses from Telluride investors. Authorities grapple with where the offense occurred Colorado or New York.
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New Castle
Wryo
U.P
Robin Hood
Charles de Los Waggoner
Telluride, Cold
Wall Street
Telluride Bank
Hill Billy’ Bank
New York
Waggoner
Telluride
Banke
Colorado
Night Forecast Says Cloudy Skies With Showers East
The article notes a cloudy night with showers in the extreme east portion and cooler conditions in the west, outlining a unsettled weather pattern across the region.
Mussolini resigns six cabinet posts in reshuffle
Rome Sept 12 Premier Benito Mussolini relinquished six cabinet portfolios and reassigned them to under secretaries. The surrenders included foreign affairs war marine air colonies and labor. He kept only public works and interior alongside the premiership.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Telephone Operators Meet at Junction
At Columbus Junction on September 12 R L Leyday of Aledo general manager of the Town Illinois Telephone company Mr Deering of Des Moines and Miss Anna Barnes Ames led conferences with telephone employees. About fifty people attended the talks at the Commercial hotel and Presbyterian church parlors. Women of the Presbyterian church served lunch. A similar meeting occurred at Fairfield on Wednesday.
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Columbus Junction
R. L. Leyday
Aledo
Town-Illinois Telephone Company
Mr. Deering
Des Moines
Anna Barnes Ames
Commercial Hotel
Presbyterian Church
Fairfield
Klein Klothing Kompany Offers Trophy for Top Grid Player
Dean Harland Mead announces a handsome trophy from Klein Klothing Kompany for Washington Junior College football’s most valuable player this season. The recipient will be judged on athletic value and scholastic standing, with presentation at season’s end and display in the grothing store show window.
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Klein Klothing Kompany
Washington
Dean Harland Mead
Grothing
Volstead Hints at Congress Return After Kvale Death
Death of Minnesota Representative O J Kvale in a lake cottage fire near Fergus Falls opens a possible path for Andrew J Volstead to return to Congress. Volstead, currently legal adviser in the Northwest prohibition district, says he is not seeking races but does not rule out a candidacy. Kvale, who won the seat in 1922 over Volstead, perished Tuesday night with his body identified by dentists after the blaze. Funeral services were expected after his six sons and one daughter arrived. Mrs Kvale died in 1926.
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ST. Paul
U.P
O. J. Kvale
Lake Cottage
Fergus Falls
Congress
Andrew J Volstead
National Enforcement Act
Volstead
Northwest
Prohibition District
Kvale
Minnesota
Navy veteran Pollard helped shape Hoover attack on Shearer
Rear Admiral Pollard urged dismissal of William B Shearer whose propaganda against naval limits prompted President Hoover to demand explanations from three shipbuilders. Senate naval committee probes Shearer and the firms, with Shearer and company reps as witnesses. Allied maps from World War I noted.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
William B. Shearer
Navy
Pollard
Shearer
Jones
Geneva
Hugh Gibson
U.S. Navy
Shearers
American Brown-Boveri Company
Newport News Drydock and Ship Building
Methlehem Ship Building Corporation
Senate panel to quiz Shearer over navy propaganda
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee voted to hand the probe of William R. Shearer's navy propaganda activities to a three to five member subcommittee.Senator Shortridge will head the inquiry with Senators Allen and Robinson named to the group. The subcommittee plans to meet to choose witnesses and issue subpoenas, with hearings opening Monday and open to the public.
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Waseington
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
William R. Shearer
Hale
Shortridge Republican
California
Allen
Kansas
Robinson
Arkansas
Shortridge
Plans for Louisa County courthouse dedication Sept. 27
Plans for the Louisa county home coming and courthouse dedication at Wapello on September 27 are underway. The program begins at 10 a.m. with a concert by Wapello and Columbus bands led by Vern Brown, parade floats prize money, a noon barbecue, a beauty contest, a horse shoe tournament, fiddlers contest, and the pageant Lewis a County Yesterday and Today. The new $100000 courthouse will be open for inspection.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Court House
Wapello
Columbus Jugeon
Vern Brown
Louisa County Farm Bureau
Dan Turners
Iowa
Corning
Raymond Davison
Clarence Fiscus
L. B. Weber
Lewisa County
H. O. Weaver
H. W. Baker
Fred Shew
County Baptists Open Convention in Washington Church
The Washington Baptist association opened its annual convention this afternoon in a local church with Rev. C. E. Hamilton of Prairie Flower presiding as moderator. Delegates from nearby communities attend as sessions run through tomorrow with speakers Rev. Frank Ward of Cedar Rapids and Rev. John Firth of Assam, India plus music programs.
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Washington Baptist Association
C. E. Hamilton
Prairie Flower
Frank Ward
Cedar Rapids
Washington
John Firth
Assam
India
Victor Witter
M. J. Lefever
Wildfires Roar Across Oregon and Washington States
Flames sweep vast Oregon and Washington timber lands with 36 000 acres scorched at Triangle Lake. Recruits from Spokane join 350 firefighters as another two mile front blaze looms in Camas valley. Green Timber near Freazie Logging works closes plant amid fire alerts along the Canadian border.
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Pacific Northwest
Triangle Lake
Lake County
Oregon
Spokane
Camas Valley
Roseburg
Coos Bay
Freazie Logging Company
Skamakawa
Wash
Plank v Adams case opened in district court
Trial of William Plank against Adams and Son for a commission on the sale of a farm began in district court. Plaintiff’s counsel S. K. Stevenson of Town City presented the morning evidence. Fr. D. Morrison of Washington represented the defense. A jury of seven men and five women was impaneled at 4 10 yesterday afternoon.
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William Plank
Adams & Son
S. K. Stevenson
Town City
Fr. D. Morrison
Washington
D. S. Hardy
Alma Southout
Luella Dayton
Ray Walton
Ella Haight
Hisse Bratten
E. G. Kosh
H. M. Corne
William E. Davis
Rena Marling
J. M. Kelley
King Johnson
Free Act at Festival Presents Hazardous Aerial Feat
Brighton report says Ethel Marine the fashion plate of the air will perform a sensational trapeze Spanish net and aerial ladder act suspended on a sixty foot pole with a two hundred foot slide for life by her teeth. The act already impressed at the Iowa state fair and caps a slate of high class free performances for festival crowds.
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Ethel Marine
Cherokee County Seeks Missing Boy Ray Jensen
In Cherokee Iowa on September 12 a county wide search occurred for 16 year old Ray Jensen who disappeared after an automobile incident on September 5. His parents requested aid yesterday.
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Cherokee
Iowa
Ray Jensen
MacDonald to Sail for U S on Berengaria
Premier J Ramsay MacDonald will sail to the United States aboard the Berengaria on September 28. The trip follows talks in London with U S ambassador Charles G Dawes who delivered President Hoover's reply on cruiser demands. Officials say the naval agreement prospects look favorable with minor differences remaining.
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London
U.P
J. Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Charles G. Dawes
Toover
Conesville Lone Tree Road Grading Contract Awarded
The Louisa county auditor awarded the Conesville to Lone Tree grading and drainage project to Longerbone Brothers of Des Moines. The contract covers 22 897 cubic yards of excavation at 28.41 per cubic yard plus pipe work and guard rail totaling 7 156 dollars. Work starts October 1 and ends November 16.
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Columbus Junction
Conesville
Lone Tree
Longerbone Brothers
Des Moines
Louisa County Auditor
L. McClurkin
High School Band and Orchestra Set for Instrument Upgrades
The Washington high school band and orchestra will gain added instruments funded by the board of education with a limited start for this year. Principal Milburn McKay will select needs, including two metal bass viols, to improve balance, with future purchases supported by school funds and music groups.
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Washington High School
Uction
Board of Education
Milburn McKay
McKay
Belgium Aims High In Fruit Trade Import Value Cited
Belgium, a major fruit producer, imported fruit valued at 3 00 000 dollars last year, underscoring its reliance on external supplies while maintaining its status in global markets.
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Belgium
Street Car Strikers Reject Settlement in New Orleans
In New Orleans the street car strike continues after 1009 to 57 vote rejecting a tentative return-to-work plan. A bomb wrecked a street car and tear gas was used as police dispersed crowds. Acting Mayor Walmsley criticized the police action and ordered an investigation.
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New Orleans
U.P
Orleans
To &7
T. M. Walmsley
Holy Name Society Organized at St James Church
One hundred charter members joined the Holy Name Society at St James Catholic church this week. The national Catholic group promotes respect for sacred things and discourages profanity. Officers elected include J M Kelley president George Wheelan vice president and Joe Melinsky secretary treasurer. Monsignor J P Stahl of Fort Madison led services joined by Rev O J McGuire of Washington and Mrs Everette Griffith provided high mass. A breakfast followed in the church basement.
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Holy Name Society
St. James Catholic Church
J. M. Kelley
George Wheelan
Joe Melinsky
J. P. Stahl
Fort Madison
Father Stahl
O. J. McGuire
Washington
Everette Griffith
Des Moine
Keokuk Presbytery Elects New Moderator This Week
The Rev John T. Aiken of Columbus City was elected moderator of Keokuk Presbytery at a Burlington meeting that ran Monday through Tuesday. The Rev Griffin of Morning Sun was named vice moderator with other officers and commissioners to the general assembly named. Fourteen ministers and seven elders attended, representing towns including Washington Crawfordsville Ainsworth Keota Winfield and Burlington.
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Columbus Junction
John T. Aiken
United Presbyterian Church of
Columbus City
Keokuk
Des Moines
Democrats lose grain of control as Ware vote delays tariff
Washington, Sept. 12. Democratic and farm bloc leaders face a dilemma after a Senate defeat on the Ware case. Five Democrats broke with the bloc to support delaying action on the three year old election fraud charges against Senator elect William S. Ware of Pennsylvania, shifting the balance and complicating tariff plans. Seven Republicans were absent without pairs, a first in a key roll call.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Watson
William S. Ware
Pennsylvania
Broussard
Louisiana
Fletcher
Florida
Hawes
Missouri
Pittman
Nevada
Tydings
Maryland
Parade to feature beautiful floats and prizes in Washington
Chairman Russel Jennings announces a fall festival parade with about sixty floats and decorated cars. Prizes include 45 for best Washington float and 45 for best outside Washington float, plus 25 and 15 awards for decorated cars and comic features. Parades start at two o clock Wednesday and Thursday with entries from Washington schools, township floats, and a livestock show display. Washington band and Legion drum corps will march and play.
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Russel Jennings
Washington
Jennings
High Sg
Washington Band and Legion Drum Corps
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