Notorious Southwest Gang Tied to Bank Raids
The State bank raid at Rudd is linked to a notorious southwest gang, per a state investigator. Two members, Ray Ferris and Elmer Inman, were captured and jailed for burglary. a top member named Billy Kimes remains at large. The gang is also suspected in the Aug 19 Vinton bank robbery. Roy Harmon, held in Marshalltown for auto theft links to Mason City and Mankato cases, was to be brought for a guilty plea.
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Charles Cy
Rudd
Marshattawk
J. A. Tracey
State Bureau of Investigation
Vinton
Benton County
Oklahoma
Hot Springs
Ark
Liberty
Ray Ferris
Elmer Inman
Billy Kimes
Turacey
Harmon
Charles City
Roy Harmon
Marshalltown
Mason City
Mankato
Minn
Break in Rudd burglary tied to Tracey case
Report states a breaking and attempted robbery is linked to the Rudd burglary per Tracey, with the suspect expected to make a full confession of Pang's activities.
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Rudd
Tracey
Pang
Riviera Theatre to House 600-Foot Water Well
A large well drilling operation was brought into the Riviera theatre under construction near the Fourth street bridge. Nolan Drilling Co of Cedar Rapids handles the project, aiming for a 600 foot depth to supply 250 gallons per minute of 50 degree water for cooling and washing.
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Waterloo
Riviera Theatre
Fourth Street Bridge
Nolan Drilling Company
Cedar Rapids
Retired minister Henry Sellers dies at Hudson
Rev Henry Sellers longtime Iowa Synod Lutheran pastor dies at about 72 after multiple illnesses. Funeral planned for Thursday at Zion Church Hudson with widow and three daughters surviving. Amos G Curtis former Sioux City chief of detectives dies at 71 after a long illness. served 27 years with the Sioux City police.
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Henry Sellers
Hudson
Hudson, Ta
Henry Scurrs
Iowa Synod
Zion Church
Sellers
Dees
Sioux City
Amos G. Curtis
Gates Enrollment Boosted to 186 for Winter Term
Thirteen new students joined Gates college as winter term opened, lifting yearly enrollment to 186. Names include Lica Weldlein Webster City Harriett Robertson Reinbeck Earl Laipple Ackley James Circus Independence Katharine Connelly Forrest Eyestone Valer ig Orville Lofton Hudson Verna Rudofsen Gladbrook Earl Huffman Tonia Oscar Larson Delaware Frederick Oldenbarber Parkersburg Francis Hickey Independence Helen Fletcher Thompson. Basketball practice continues with an alumni game planned tomorrow. likely action by Bingham Johnson Wente Burdine Twogood and others as the team prepares for Wartburg College on December 14. John Beaver and Wal Worden report pheasant sightings in a tree observed by nature students.
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Gates College
Lica Weldlein
Webster City
Harriett Robertson
Reinbeck
Earl Laipple
Ackley
James Circus
Independence
Katherine Connelly
Forrest Eyestone
Waleriog
Orville Lofton
Hudson
Verna Rudofsen
Gladbrook
Earl Huffman
Tonia
Oscar Larson
Delaware
Frederick Oldenbarber
Parkersburg
Francis Hickey
Helen Fletcher
Thompson
Ed Zoller
Kenneth Bingham
Howard Johnson
John Wente
Don Burdine
Wilbur Twogood
Maurice Yarrow
Frank Potts
Russell Clifton
Kenneth Morrison
Kenneth Wilson
Tyan Leverton
Robert Marshall
Wartburg College
Aplington Band to Present Minstrel Show This Evening
Aplington band will present a minstrel entertainment tonight at the high school auditorium in Aplington Iowa. County surveyors are working on the new bridge north of Lawn. Mr and Mrs Walt Pookes announce the birth of a daughter Monday. The article notes an arrangement involving Frank Schanenian of Grundy.
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Courier
Aplington
Lawn
Walt Pookes
Frank Schanenian
Grundy
Cafe Purchase and Ownership Change Near Buck Grove
The Conn cafe purchase was canceled and Mr Schone plans to buy the Acme cafe from H J Snittler who will take possession December 1. Snittler will return to his farm near Buck Grove on March 1.
Legion Auxiliary Elects In Tracr Iowa
The American Legion auxiliary of Tracer re elected all its officers for the coming year. President Mrs H E Taylor vice president Mrs John Vorba secretary Mrs Geo Cavalier treasurer Miss Elsie Plogman chaplain Mrs G H Geyer historian Miss Mary Caslavka.
S S S Tonic Promoted for Appetite and Vitality
An advertisement touts S S S as a long standing tonic made from roots and herbs. It claims to boost appetite, support red blood cell formation, and nourish the body, advising regular use before meals for all ages from youth to elder years.
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S.S.S
Nature
Twenty two pound coon treed in seventy foot oak
The season's largest coon, claimed as the granddaddy of them all, weighed over 22 pounds before being treed last night by eight Waterloo hunters. Four dogs chased the animal, and Oliver Stevenson of James Black Dry Goods climbed 70 feet to secure the catch. The party included Charles Bain Lloyd McKinney Fred Wagner Charles Morrow Frank Wyant James Stringer and Frank Kipp. Thieves convicted reported from Des Moines with A Burger Oscar W Minor and Otis named.
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Waterloo ‘Coon
Oliver Stevenson
James Black Dry Goods Company
Stevenson
Charles Bain
Lloyd McKinney
Fred Wagner
Charles Morrow
Frank Wyant
James Stringer
Frank Kipp
Polk City oil station case verdict and sentencing date
A jury in Polk County District Court found defendants guilty in a Polk City oil station case. Sentencing will be pronounced December 17.
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Ee Age Igrees
Polk City
Polk’ County
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