Mobilizing Plan Calls 4 076 060 Into Six Armies
Washington Jan 30 AP Col Robbins assistant secretary of war told the Women’s Patriotic Conference on National Defense mobilization plans call for 4 075 320 officers and men for six field armies. He said the reserve corps based on six field armies requires 141 229 reserve officers and that no large standing army is planned, reliance on citizen volunteers in emergencies.
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Washington, D. C
Col. Co. B
Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Women's Patriotic Conference
United States Army
Organized Reserve
Regular Army
National Guard
United States
Hospital Trip For Mrs Frank Chickering In Copenhagen
Mrs Frank Chickering of Copenhagen New York visiting her son Charles Chickering at 104 Prospect Avenue was taken to Allen Memorial Hospital today for treatment.
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Frank Chickering
Copenhagen
N. Y
Charles Chickering
Prospect Avenue
Allen Memorial Hospital
Fire drives Barrons from Baltimore home on faulty wiring
Mr and Mrs Ralph Barron of 1500 Baltimore Street fled at 10 53 pm when defective wires caused a fire with 300 damage. The blaze started in the basement under the kitchen and crept through walls to the attic before firefighters gained control, extinguishing it at 1230 am.
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Ralph Barron
Baltimore Street
Geneseo Woman Injured in Fall At Aid Society Event
Geneseo Iowa January 30 Mrs Fay Coneily sprained back and bruised after falling downstairs Thursday evening. Members of the Ladies Aid Society from first and second divisions were sewing.
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Courier
Geneseo
Fay Coneily
Ladies' Aid Society
How Thin Men and Women Gain Weight
An old advertisement for McCoy's Tablets claims weight gain and improved health for underweight men and women. It promises a money back guarantee after using four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes if a 5 pound gain and satisfaction aren’t achieved. Available at Robert Drug Co and Miller drug stores in America.
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North America
McCoy
McCoy's
Robert Drug Ga
J. Miller
America
Local Meeting Notes Mention Mrs Nation Home
Fragmentary notes show a meeting at the home of Mrs Ernie Nation and reference Malcolm Lockard and smallpox. Epworth League planned to meet Sunday evening at Claud Mitchell home with Beatrica Wikenson leading.
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Ernie Nation
Malcolm Lockard
I Epworth ‘Jeague
Claud Mitchell
Beatrica Wikenson
Sioux City Girl Hurt In Skiing Accident
Martha Hennessey, 16, a Central high school junior, remained in critical condition with a fractured spine after a skiing accident in Sioux City. She crashed into a tree and was treated locally.
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Sioux City
Martha, Hennessey
Central High School
Jurors Locked Up After Bringing in Minimum Sentence
Chicago January 1 1930 Twelve jurors faced a shocking turn after 30 hours of deliberation their verdict failed to satisfy the court and they were ordered locked up. The jury imposed the minimum five year term on two of three kidnapping defendants James O'Brien Frank Carson Harry Burton was acquitted The state sought the death penalty Judge McGoorty called the verdict inconsistent and illogical The jurors reported near midnight seeking further instruction
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Chicago
John
McGoorty
Court Orders Two Members Docked Up This Afternoon
Court ordered the docking of two members this afternoon following earlier proceedings. The session proceeded under magistrate authority as records note.
Littleton W M S to Meet on Feb 6
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of Littleton W M S will convene February 6 at Mrs J C Worton's home. Miss Jeanette Oldfather from Waterloo, on furlough from a Korean mission, will lead the Korea program. Mrs C H Hoffman has been added to the list of attendees.
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Courier
Littleton
Woman's Home ,Missionary Society
J. C. Worton
Jeanette Oldfather
Waterloo
Korea
C. H. Hoffman
Presbyterian church leader obituary notices rise in local paper
The item records the death of Melvin Leavitt and outlines a Ladies’ Aid Society meeting at Mrs. Wilmer H. Seamanson’s home on Thursday February 7. Rev. Mr Ensign, former nestor of the Presbyterian church here, is noted in the obituary context.
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Melvin
Leavitt, Hawkinson
Neon
Aid ‘Society
Wilmer H. Seamanson
Ensign
Nestor
Presbyterian Church
California graduates tested for memory of college stay
A knowledge-test of 100 questions has been sent to University of California graduates to determine how long the facts they learned in college stay with the students. The item references a wife and a phrase about being in China, suggesting partial transcription from an OCRed source.
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University of
California
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Col. Robbins
Thomas
Gaynor
James. O'Brien
Frank Carson
de Fenda Harry Burton
Sibert’s
Arly
Rose Capen Green
Eyre
Bargain
Willard and
Macmur
Russell-Lamson Tire & Battery Co
Commercial St
China
Onieaga E
Green’ River
ICE & Fuel Co
O’coats
Steely’s
Madras
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