King of Eastern Bank Robbers On Trial In Virginia
William Porter and Charles Carter go on trial in Roanoke after their capture following the Bank of Glasgow robbery. Rodgers was killed in a police shootout as the trio fled, with loot and nitroglycerine found in their auto. Police tie them to further Virginia North Carolina Georgia and Tennessee robberies amidst a web of aliases and unsettled identities.
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King OF Eastern
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Associated Press
Roanoke
William Porter
Charles Carter
Bank of Glasgow
Liberty
James B. Rodgers
Philadelphia
Porter
William Welsh
Bell Fountains
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Charles Wilkes
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Palmer Says Kick in Homemade Cider
Washington opinion from Attorney General Palmer says cider brewed at home remains lawful even when intoxicating after fermentation. The stance conflicts with Internal Revenue Service rules which deem homemade cider nonintoxicating only in fact or when alcohol is under half a percent. Secretary Houston sought a precise definition of nonintoxicating in relation to the Prohibition Act.
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Washington
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Bee
Secretary of the Treasury
Palmer
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Houston
Westminster Cantata Draws Large Congregation
Westminster Presbyterian Sunday school Christmas cantata drew a capacity crowd last evening with many turned away. The performance featured elaborate arrangement and historical costumes, with young participants trained by Mrs. A. R. Jackson and Mrs. B. L. Nelson. An offering for children in the Near East totaled $269.40.
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Westminster Presbyterian
A. R. Jackson
B. L. Nelson
Near East
Man who broke both legs resting easily
Frank Stewart of 801 Leland avenue suffered fractures in both legs in a fall from a tree last Friday afternoon. The 65 year old was trimming a tree in front of his home when he lost balance and fell, striking the pavement and breaking two bones in his right leg and one in his left. He was taken to Presbyterian hospital where he is resting easily today.
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Frank ¥. Stewart
Leland Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Mr. Stewart
Dig More Soft Coal Than Country Needs
Washington reports weekly and yearly coal production figures from the United States Geological Survey. For the week ending December 11, bituminous coal output was 12,266,000 tons, and the 49 weeks of the year totaled 525,403,000 tons. If this pace continues for three weeks, total 1929 output would reach about 657,610,000 tons, roughly 17,000,000 above the estimated minimum needs.
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Washington, D. C
United States Geological Survey
European Relief Workers Plan County Meeting Tomorrow
Representatives from Black Hawk County organize European child relief efforts with Major George W. Braden addressing the gathering. About 40 county attendees are invited, and committees led by John F. Ashe and Rev A G C Preston prepared invitations and arrangements to back a drive aiding 3,500,000 European children facing starvation.
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Black Hawk
Black's
George W. Braden
Herbert Hoover
Europe
John F. Ashe
A. GC. Preston
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Stop Trapping is Cry as Furs Get Cheaper
In St Louis on December 20 the International Fur Exchange urged trappers worldwide to halt trapping to halt plummeting pelt prices. The circular calls a fresh catch the blow that will break the fur trade. An auction originally set for December 20 was postponed to February due to unsettled conditions.
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St. Louis
International Fur Exchange
First Evangelical Christmas Program Attended by Many
The First Evangelical church filled to capacity for a Christmas program with 85 dollars raised for the Orphans' Home at Flatrock. Sixty juniors performed in The True Christmas cantata, with Laura Mehl and Alvin Fox in lead roles. ten young women and Ralph Hickelberg presented Ten Virgins. solos by Guy Parr and Ralph Hickelberg enriched the show. Rev Clinton F. Smith praised Sunday school superintendent W H Brunn for 12 years of service and Brunn presented a foot lamp to the pastor. treats followed for the children.
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First Evangelical Church
Flatrock
Laura Mehl
Alvin Fox
Ralph Hickelberg
Guy Parr
Clinton F. Smith
W. H. Bruwn
Cedar Falls
M. KE
Presbyterian Church
St. Luke’s Church
First Congregational Church
A. B. McLeod
Teachers College
Early calls for station arm
Salvation Army officers logged eleven calls for help before 9 a m with a block-nearby family among the distressed. A family lacked fuel for three days, warming only with an old gas heater, and money for coal was absent. Adjutant E LaPlount urged larger street kettle gifts to fund Christmas dinners coal clothing and food for Waterloo’s cold and hungry.
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Salvation Army
E. LaPlount
Waterloo
Prize Winners to Be Named Friday December 24
Forty eight local children will receive cash prizes before Christmas with amounts ranging from 1 to 100 dollars. Names of winners will be published in this paper on Friday December 24. The contest rewards skill, not luck, and Dinner Bell Margarine is promoted as a wholesome affordable spread.
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Dinner Bell
Chicago
Cedar Falls News: Herbert Clark to be Returned for Burial
The body of Herbert Clark, veteran of the Spanish American War and master signal electrician with the Eighth Field Signal Battalion, will be returned to Cedar Falls after dying in a French hospital on November 22, 1918. He will be interred at Greenwood with Cedar Falls American Legion directing services. Clark enlisted November 1, 1917, at Fort George Wright and was 41.
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Cedar Falls
Herbert Clark
France
United States
Co. C. Eighth Field Signal Battalion
Cedar Falls American Legion
Greenwood
Clark
Fort George Wright
Views of the People on Consolidated Schools
A Mt Vernon letter argues for immediate school reform before the vote, urging voters to consider practical improvements and costs. It notes seven districts and the need to replace old schoolhouses with modern two rooms, to ensure children receive a suitable substitute if consolidation proceeds.
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Consolidated Schoo
Mt. Vernon
We May Get Twenty First Century Schools
A fragment from a rural letter urges embracing consolidation to modernize education. It contrasts old log cabin life with new twentieth century schools, hoping taxes will rise modestly and that Mount Vernon households can adapt by raising hens and selling exgo. It notes sparrows and their nest consume about 3 000 insects weekly.
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Mount Vernon
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