Urges Life Team For Bank Robbers
Governor receives letter from National Surety president urging Iowa to amend penal code to impose life imprisonment for bank burglaries and a 25 year minimum for residence burglaries. He warns costs to banks exceed 1.5 million dollars yearly and urges prompt action to curb rising bank holdups nationwide.
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Des Moines
N. E.ndall
M. B. Joyce
National Surety Company
New York City
United States
Gen MacArthur to Attend the Reunion in Creston
Des Moines May 28 Brig Gen Douglas MacArthur commandant at West Point will attend the reunion of the old 160th regiment at Creston on June 7. His appearance adds national significance to the event and underscores the lasting ties of veterans across generations.
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Des Moines
Douglas MacArthur
West Point
Iowa
Creston
Regiment Celebrates Return of War Hero at Creston
Soldiers of the 168th Infantry welcomed the coming of a famed officer amid two anticipated days of events at Creston. The unit, part of the 84th Infantry over seas, endured days of fierce fighting. The reception by the regiment was highly enthusiastic.
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Creston
Reunion plans advance for eighty eighth division in Des Moines
A general committee was appointed to draft the program for the eighty eighth division reunion set for August 26 to 28 in Des Moines. H. L. Polk of Des Moines will chair, with Capt. H. K. Rouse of Waterloo as a member. All members are American Legion veterans coordinating the event.
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Des Moines
H. L. Polk
H. K. Rouse
Waterloo
American Legion
Former Local Artist Draws Official Poster for Chicago Pageant
Albin Henning, once a Waterloo commercial artist, has had his poster chosen as the official advertising image for the Pageant of Progress exposition in Chicago. He came to Waterloo a decade ago with a St Paul art firm, married Lila Rock, now heads his Chicago advertising firm, and the Chicago Tribune praised his painting symbolizing the spirits of Chequauga, a legendary chief.
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Albin Henning
Waterloo
Chicago
Henning
St. Paul
Lila Rock
D. H. Metcalf
Mulberry Street
Mr. Henning
The
Chicago Tribune
Legzent
Pageant of Progress ad painting presented to Chicago mayor
A painting for the Pageant of Progress exposition has been presented to Mayor William Hale Thompson by Allied Advertising Arts. The piece depicts an Indian chieftain facing east, reflecting the shorelines of Lake Michigan once governed by Checaugua. The description notes the lineage of those who followed.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Allied Advertising Arts
Lake Michigan
Inevitable Greeting In The Primeval City Scene
The passage depicts a latitude of greeting with the right hand raised in friendship and the pipe of peace prominent. It notes a great city behind, grown from primeval wilderness once ruled, while a marginal line about goods and prices appears: six in four, 50c.
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Ane
Julian Marana
Garland Frour
Jade
Hood
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Prairie
Teta
A.J. Howams
Chicago Great Western Station
Ars
Waterloo Flour & Feed Co
Flanders
Flanders Fields
Flanders Field
Memoriam
Paul Day
Toledo
Overland
Willys-Knight
Waterloo Company
East Fourth
Franklin Streets
F.o.b. Toledo
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