Consolidation of Bureaus of Iowa Des Moines Plan
Des Moines dispatch outlines a plan to consolidate Iowa state government bureaus. Senate and House committees will draft bills, with Lt Gov Hammill backing reforms aimed at merging about 28 bureaus into four major offices. Hearings will invite department heads, then bills revised before final action.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Gov. Kendall
Hammill
Senate Committee
Cessna
Poweshiek
John Hammill
General Assembly
Insurance
State Banking Department
Dairy and Food Department
Hamil
State Executive Council
Executive Council
Doutoca Kern To Remodel At Ore
Doutoca Kern announces a major remodel making the second floor a modern department store space for women s silk hose merchandise and new dark oak fixtures. The plan, directed by Walter Watson, includes dedicated infant wear, boys and girls clothing at sides, rest rooms, and an elevator access from the main storeroom. Remodeling costs exceed 5000 dollars with heavy stock investments. Kerwin company operates stores in Independence Oelwein Vinton Wavery and Cedar Falls.
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Ba Hous
Walter ©. Watson
Ireas
He In Kerwin Company
Independence
Oelwein
Vinton
Wavery
Cedar Falls
Real Estate Deal by Long Distance Call in Iowa
Bedf ord Iowa bidder Willan Door offered 4000 for Bedford property owned by George Recca in Montana. A Dillon Montana broker obtained Reece s address and after a brief call the papers were sent for signature. The total phone cost was 3 7.08 and both parties felt it was worth the expense for the distant deal.
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Bedford
Dillon
Mont
Willan Door
St. J. Tiradley
George Recca
Montana
Brad
Reece
Dillan
Red
Mr. Reece
Mr. Heece
George
Marcella Hughes and Harry Wilson Wed at Lawn City
Marcella Hughes daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Hughes and Harry R Wilson of Williams will marry today at the Hughes home 321 Washington street Cedar Falls The ceremony will be read by Rev John C Wienekg of St Patrick s church with a small wedding party Out of town guests include Dr fault Mire Jt B Wilson and Mr and Mrs Howard Sterhing The couple will go to Omaha after dinner. the groom is a dentistry student at Iowa City
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Cedar Falls
Marcella Hughes
George W. Hughes
Harry R. Wilson
Williams
Washington Street
John C. Wienekg
St. Patrick's Church
Fault Mire
Jt. B. Wilson
Howard iSterhing
Mulmontme
Abs
Rock Island Shops at Valley Junction Destroyed by Fire
Investigators sought to determine the origin of a morning blaze that destroyed the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific shops at Valley Junction just outside Des Moines. The fire consumed eleven locomotives as the Valley Junction department struggled with equipment shortages. Switchmen and guards worked to move freight cars, while railroad officials said passenger service would not be delayed.
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Des Moinas
Chicago, Rock Island & Paraffic
Valley Junction
Cedar Rapids Wins Partial River Front Suit
Cedar Rapids city wins 29 feet of river front land in the dispute with Evening Gazette Co. The court orders the city to pay one third of the costs while the paper retains 21 feet. The Gazette plans to appeal to the state supreme court.
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Cedar Rapids
Fp, O. Ellison
City of
Bvening Gazetta Co
State Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids Boy Indicted as Thief Yet Steals Again
Cedar Rapids Iowa January 30 Russell Johnson a 12 year old boy under indictment for stealing 5000 in mail checks admitted stealing moving picture films from his school and money from teachers. Authorities believe he is a kleptomaniac and will be sent to the state psychopathic ward for observation.
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Cedar Rapids
Russell Johnson
Vinton Lad Hurt in Fall May Not Recover
Warley Barkral a high school student fell and suffered a brain concussion. His condition remains critical with little hope of recovery, though he had returned to school duties for several days after the accident.
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Vinton
Warley Barkral
Bny
Bank Robbers Given 70 Year Sentences
Orange City Iowa January 30 John Lavers and Elmer Dingman Sioux Frank Olson Chicago and Brooks plead guilty to indictments charging attempt to rob with explosives and assaults with intent to murder They received 40 years on the first count and 30 years on the second count to run concurrently Sheriff Symherst and his posse gun battle participant Larry Drury cannot appear for trial and may not recover
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Orange City
John Lavers
Elmer Dingman
Frank Olson
Chicago
Brooks
Ville
Hamilton
Iarry Drury
Sherif Symherst
Holdup Man Given 20 Years in Prison
Cedar Rapids report states Stanley Lamb arrived from Ottumwa and pled guilty to highway robbery with a deadly weapon. He received a two year sentence at Fort Madison, to be transported with accomplices Harvey Lee and Frank Myers in a few days.
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Cedar Rapids
Stanley Lamb
Ottumwa
Fort Madison
Harvey Lee
Frank Myers
Towa City Police Linked with Scandal
In Iowa City a preliminary hearing yesterday brought Blanche Fleming to court on a charge of immoral conduct. The case implicates three local policemen and threatens to shake the police force, potentially eclipsing last spring’s big event.
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Iowa City
Fan
Justice Court
Blanche Fleming
Grinnell College Plans Student Loan Trust
Grinnell Iowa Jan 30 H T Main president of Grinnell college has called a meeting for those interested in forming Bankers Trust company of Grinnell to loan funds in trust to needy students. The aim is to capitalize the trust company at 100000 with leading bankers and business men in the state showing interest and the Des Moines meeting set for next Friday.
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Grinnell, Ta
H. T. Main
Grinnell College
Iowa Wen
Bankers Trust( Company
Grinnell
Des ‘Moines
Kneeskern Not a Wealthy Man, Local Records Reveal
District notes in Decorsh Iowa show B Frank Kneeskern, once convicted of murder, sold his Momeek district farm in 1922 to W M Allen D D Murphy and B W Cutting, with $10 revenue stamps indicating a $10 000 valuation. He mortgaged household property in Charles City and deeded home rights to his wife, revealing minimal remaining assets and dismissing tales of wealth.
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Decorsh
Frank Kneeskern
Irene van Hrocklin
Momeek
W. M. Allen
D. D.murphy
B. W
Charles City
O. OB
Castalin
Alto
Kneeskern
John Kneeskern
Millonaire
Davenport Machinery chief is dead and city crime tied to bank robberies
Davenport superintendent John T. Anderson of Davenport Machinery & Foundry Co. is dead. James Barris and Leo Curtis are jailed on suspicion of robberies, believed linked to Eugene F. Saunders, alleged Minnesota bank robber. Cedar Rapids gas rates cut by cents per thousand feet, while the gas company plans to protest. Knights of Columbus initiation draws many, with Past State Deputy Devany leading. A suit in Iowa City seeks 8000 for alleged alienation of affection. In Emmetsburg a plan to tax property for education is denounced by school directors and taxpayers. Muscatine man Ollie Frantz presents his eight children as reason for selling hooch to West. court imposes $200 minimum. Ottumwa asks a 130,050 debt funding via bonds allowed by special law. In Muscatine a man pleads guilty to manslaughter. Emmanuel Thompson sentenced to eight years at Fort Madison. Davenport bandit robs streetcar operator Frank B. McAninch at gunpoint of $15 and a watch. Lumbermen from southeastern Iowa gather for the twenty-sixth Southeastern Iowa Retail Lumbermen's Association convention beginning tomorrow.
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Cedar Rapids
Knights of Columbus
Itu
Devany
Iowa City
Jose Graham
Eli Seydel
Emdetsburg
Iowa
Palas Alto
Muscatine
Ollie Frantz
Hooch
West
Liberty High
Otturasa
Ottumwa
Muscatino
Emmanuel Thompsson
Fort Madison
Frank B. McAninch
Lumiermen’s Association
Farmer George Whitham Ends Life Amid Wife’s Death Probe
Pontiac Illinois January 30 George Whitham a prominent local farmer committed suicide by a 32 caliber revolver shot to the head after being questioned by Cherokee County Sheriff about his whereabouts preceding the discovery of his estranged wife’s death at her home near Columbus Kansas Sunday night the woman had been shot.
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Pontiac, Ill
George Whitham
Cherokee County
Kan
Columbus
Waterloo Fruit Co Opens Branch
W. P. Hoxte, vice president, announced a new branch of Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co to be named the flaxia fruit company in Iowa Falls, opening Monday Feb. 5 under C. I. Buxton. The modern fruit and vegetable house is a one story brick 72 by 80 feet with chemical cold storage and Moore ventilation. A heated loading platform eases out-of-season handling. Three salesmen will operate from Iowa Falls. Fred Thies becomes head bookkeeper and Cal Moothart trains new staff. A private sidetrack for carrots and rail access from I owa Falls connects to Illinois roads as truck hauling grows in a 30 to 40 mile radius. More fruit moves by road than rail from Iowa Falls, says Hoxie.
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W. PL Hoxte
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co
Loley
Town Falls
Flaxia Fruit Company
Iowa Falls
I. Buxton
Hoxie Fruit Company
Fred Thies
Cal Moothart
Ilingis Central
Chicago & Northwestern
Rock Island
Hoxie
Iiowa Falls
Hearings on Govts Plan to Consolidate Rail Systems Resume Feb 26
Washington January 30 Hearings on the governments proposed plan to consolidate the nations railroads into a limited number of systems will resume February 26 the interstate commerce commission announced. System 18 and 19 include the Rio Grande Katy and Cotton Belt lines and the Chicago Eastern Illinois and the Missouri Pacific while Southern Pacific and Union Pacific will be heard on systems 13 and 17 that they could not present their cases earlier.
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Washington, D. C
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Tokay
Risco
Katy
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Missouri Pacific
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Unabl
Place to Get Bit of Good Booze Also One to Get Lot of Worse
San Francisco readers learn that 36 Kearny street sold liquor without wood alcohol, but 326 Kearny street shut down today. The story links I. H. Gerry, owner of 36 Kearny, as a prohibition endorsement officer and notes 226 Kearney as a blind.
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San Francisco
Kearney
Kearney Street
I. H. Gerry
Kearneys
Mississippi Valley groups push rivers and harbors bill
The Mississippi Valley association sent an appeal to about 1,600 commercial and trade organizations across 27 states urging influence to pass the rivers and harbors appropriation without cut. They note the House boosted the appropriation from 27 million to 56 million and say Senate opposition seeks to defeat the increase.
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St. Louis
Mississippi Valley Association
Missisissippi Valley
Senate
House
Inaugural Prayer Plea For Governor Hunt in Arizona
Washington reports on the pasted inaugural prayer for Governor W. P. Hunt in Phoenix. The preacher asks for wisdom to steer state policy, protection from unfair criticism, and support from all regions, seeking peace and prosperity for Arizona as the youngest bright star in the union.
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International News Wire
Washington, D. C
South- West
Gov. W. P. Hunt
Phoenix
Jesus
Commonwealth
Serizana
Poffice
Grant
Reciprocal Wills by Carpenters Filed for Probate
The wills of Thaddeus B. Carpenter and Ceilia Carpenter, both killed when their car was struck by a Rock Island train, were filed for probate with Clerk J. W. Thompson. Thaddeus left his estate to Ceilia who is executrix. Ceilia left her estate to Thaddeus with him as executor. The couple died simultaneously, no children, estate value estimated at about 250000 dollars.
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Ft. B. Carpenter
Rock Island
J. W. Thompson
Thaddeus B. Carpenter
Celia Carpenter
Whisky ring indictments shake Cincinnati on 1000 conspiracies
Cincinnati Jan 30 One of the largest alleged whisky organizations uncovered since the Volstead act was revealed with the indictment of George R Landen Sidney H Miller and Otto Katz officials of the Independent Drug company on charges of conspiracy to violate the dry laws. The indictments allege the defendants conspired to commit 1000 offenses of selling liquor without permits as required by law.
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Cincinnati
George R. Landen
Sidney H. Miller
Otto Katz
Independent Drug Company
Funeral service for Daniel Lantz set for tomorrow
Funeral services for Daniel Lantz will be held at 2 pm tomorrow at O'Keefe and Towne funeral home with Deacon Joseph W. Briggs officiating. Burial will take place at Fairview Cemetery. The remainder of the text discusses airplane wing resistance.
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Lants
Daniel Lantz
O'Keefe & Towne Funeral Home
Joseph W. Briggs
Fairview
Kelloggs Bran Promises Constipation Relief
Promote Kellogg's Bran as a daily remedy for constipation with two tablespoonfuls per meal. Claims include permanent relief, health benefits, delicious taste, and versatile recipes. Advertises availability in hotels, clubs, restaurants, and grocery stores nationwide.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Prospect of Paying War Debts to U S Angers British
Lenion Jan 20 The debt question arouses bitterness as shown by a Pall Mall Gazette cartoon with Uncle Sam at a pawnshop door captioned Uncle by name and uncle by nature. American flag pictures were hissed in moving picture theatres last night.
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Lenion
Pall Mall Gazette
Uncle Sam
Moving Picture
Melton arrest tied to invisible detective claim
In Chester Pennsylvania Benjamin Melton turned himself in but blamed an invisible detective for the incident. He argued with himself, exposed a police officer during the episode, and received 20 days in jail for intoxication.
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Chester
Benjamin Melton
Ile
Hal
Lew Dockstader Hurt in New Jersey Fall
Lew Dockstader, 62, veteran mine sirel, slipped on the tee and fell returning to his New Brunswick hotel after a theatre performance. He traveled to his hotel, then bed. Physicians report spine injury and serious condition. he is virtually paralyzed.
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New Brounwick
N. J
Lew Dockstader
Mine Sirel
Dockstader
Freezone promises painless corn removal by drugstore kit
Advert says Freezone relieves aching corns instantly by applying a small amount, letting users lift the corn away with fingers. The tiny bottle, sold by druggists for a few cents, claims to remove hard corns, soft corns, or calluses without soreness or irritation.
Darken Gray Hair With Simple Home Mixture
A Cincinnati barber with forty years in the trade claims a cheap home recipe can darken gray hair while softening and adding gloss. Mix one ounce of hay rum in water and apply a solution containing Barbo compound and gin cer ing twice weekly until the shade reaches the desired level. The formula promises a youthful look without scalp irritation or greasy residue.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
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