No Bids For Delinquent Iowa Lands At Tax Sales
Des Moines reports passive resistance by Iowa county treasurers delaying tax sales. Crowds attended but no bids were offered as 2000+ properties were to be sold. Treasurers Hammond Montgomery county Cedar Rapids Linn county postponed to Feb 27 Feb 6 Feb 20 amid organized opposition led by Farm Bureau Labor Federation and city council.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harrison County
Logen
J. C. Hammond
Hammond
Red Oak
Darry Mayhew
Montgomery County
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
County Farm Bureau Tax Committee
Federation of Labor
Finlly
Rev Grier Davis Called to Norfolk Church
The Rev. C. Grier Davis assistant pastor of Grace Covenant Church Richmond has been called to pastor the Second Presbyterian Church Norfolk. Davis 26 a Monticello Arkansas native and Union Theological Seminary graduate has served Grace Covenant about two years. The Richmond church has extended call to Dr L Blanton Desk Huntington W Va.
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Richmond
C. Grier Davis
Grace Covenant Church
Second Presbyterian Church
Norfolk
L. Blanton
D. D
Huntington
W. Va
Davis
Monticello
Ark
Union Theological Seminary
Grace Covenant
Contract Breach Case Involving Marlene Dietrich
Los Angeles reports a $182850.06 breach of contract suit filed by Paramount Publix against German actress Marlene Dietrich. Judge P J McCormick denied a ban on travel, issued a restraining order to prevent her from working for others, as she planned to return to Berlin to work with Josef von Sternberg. Her failure to appear led to suspension of her salary on December 29.
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Los Angeles
Marlene Dietrich
Paramount Publix Corporation
Miss Dietrich
United States
P. J. McCormick
Berlin
Josef von Sternberg
Cohen
Ce Eee
Tex Tilson Named Head Coach at Washington and Lee
Washington and Lee university turns to alumni for football leadership. Warren E. Tex Tilson has been named head coach succeeding Jimmy DeHart. Cy Young will assist. Tilson faces a tough slate including Yale Princeton William and Mary Virginia Maryland and others.
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Atlanta
Washington and Lee University
Warren E
Tex” Tilson
Jimmy DeHart
Cy Young
Lexington
Tilson
DeHart
Ex Treasurer On Trial Again In Arlington County
Arlington Va Jan 2 E Wade Ball former treasurer of Arlington county will go on trial again tomorrow on charges of misusing county funds The second trial expected to last a week or more is on an indictment from the October term of the circuit court charging Ball with misuse of 515959 in county funds He was acquitted August 20 on charges of a shortage of 24454
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Arlington
E. Wade Ball
Arlington County
Ball
Three Priests To Be Transferred In Virginia
Three Catholic priests in Virginia announced transfers effective January 11. Rev. E. W. Johnston moves from St. Vincent's Newport News to Sacred Heart Shrine Hot Springs. Rev. William Gill leaves St. Mary's Star of the Sea Old Point Comfort for St. Vincent's Newport News. Rev. Richardson Blackburn of Hot Springs becomes pastor at Old Point church.
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Newport News
Virginia
E. W. Johnston
St. Vincent’s Church
Sacred Heart Shrine
Hot Springs
William Gill
St. Mary’s Star of the Sea
Old Point Comfort
Richardson Blackburn Washington
Old Point Church
Restorations Advance as Rockefeller Funded Project Grows
Five year effort in Williamsburg backed by John D. Rockefeller Jr. reports 60 percent of major structures finished with work on Raleigh Tavern capitol governor’s palace and landscape completion. The program has renovated 55 buildings, erected 17 new ones, razed 306 and moved 15, with 90 percent of properties acquired since 1927.
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Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Broodwee
Governor's Palace
Duke of Gloucester Street
Raleigh Tavern
Capitol
Rockefeller
Colonial City
Death closes colorful career of Col Lang in Sullivan
James M. Lang known as Colonel Jimmy, once president of Citizens Trust Co. Sullivan, died New Year’s night at 76 after a heart attack. His rise from slums to bank leadership ended amid embezzlement and forgery charges.
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Sullivan, Ind
James M
Jimmy) Lang
Lang
Citizens Trust Company
Sullivan
Jimmy” Lang
New York City
Alois Teavivich
Children’s Aid Society
Indiana
James Wesley Lang
Fireman Dies Fighting Blaze in Hartford
A five story building on Asylum street in Hartford suffered extensive damage as a blaze killed one fireman, left three overcome by smoke and gas, and injured another. Police and fire teams rescued more than a dozen occupants from upper floor apartments.
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Associated Press
Hartforp
Col
Asylum Street
Convicts Recaptured After Escape From Delaware Workhouse
Four inmates who escaped from the New Castle County workhouse by beating two guards were recaptured shortly after hiding in other cells. The escape occurred in Wilmington Delaware, as reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Wilmmington
Del
New Castle County
Lights Go Out In Hospital For Jack Pickford
Paris dispatch reports actor Jack Pickford brother of Mary Pickford died at the American Hospital after a breakdown. He had been hospitalized since October 14 and was 36 years old. The physician cited multiple neuritis finally affecting the brain center as the cause.
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Associated Press
Paris
Jack Pickford
Mary Pickford
Tony
Pio
Kid Gleason Dies at 67, Legendary Baseball Figure
William Kid Gleason, longtime coach of the Philadelphia Athletics and former Chicago White Sox manager, died last night at 67. He left behind a daughter, a sister, and five brothers.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
William
Kid) Gleason
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Odd Blotting Paper Powder Used On Inked Pages
A note describes early drying methods for fresh writing using powdered cuttlefish bone sprinkled on pages before blotters existed. This creates a quick reference to historical ink drying practices and writing materials.
Woman Blinded By Auto Lights Struck By Train
Mrs. Davis, blinded by the lights of an approaching auto, walked into a moving locomotive near Winchester. She suffered a severe skull laceration and back injuries, was taken to City Hospital in Martinsburg in critical condition, and her son, employed with a local road contractor, rushed to her bedside.
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Winchester
City Hospital
Martinsburg
Davis
Nephew Keeps Up Search For McCoin's Grave
Hagerstown Maryland January 3 A nephew of missing North Carolina attorney R S McCoin continues the hunt for his body near Hagerstown with six workers and local farmers. A $1000 reward draws help as officers report a cloth fragment and old coat found, ownership unclear. McCoin disappeared December 22 after a Chicago letter claimed his death at youths hands and burial near the area. Linthicum plans to sweep the highway and surrounding mountain country west of town while authorities grow cautious.
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Associated Press
Hagerstown
Mad
R. S. McCoin
North Carolina
McCoin
B. Linthium
Raleigh
McCain
Chicago
Linthicum
Cumberland
Washington County
Chicago Grain Closing Prices Quoted by Legg and Company
Quotations furnished by Legg and Company of Baltimore provides Chicago grain closing prices. The firm operates from the 210 Chamber of Commerce Building in Baltimore Maryland with access to Chicago Board of Trade data and Baltimore Chamber of Commerce members.
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Legg and Company
Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore
Chicago Board of Trade
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Board of Trade Today
Local Market Prices and Feed Items Listed
The column lists price and product details for shelled corn dairy feed cracked corn mixed feed middlings scratch feed and related items. It includes young chickens creamery butter country butter hogs cows steers sheep and eggs with figures for feeding products and dairy items, and notes a change in football rules did not affect pint killings.
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Babeesedy
Cks
LINO
Leda Byagr
Operating City at Lower Cost Suggestions Letter to Editor
A Winchester taxpayer proposes testing a City Council form with an empowered mayor and committee chairs. He favors a modest $25 monthly stipends, full reporting to council, revived pavement funding, and keeping laborers paid. Questions include city manager viability and budget tax relief.
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the Star
Winchester
Cuno, German shipping magnate, dies at 57
Dr. Wilhelm Cuno former German chancellor and Hamburg America general manager died suddenly at Hamburg at age 57. He suffered a heart attack as he and his wife prepared to embark on a vacation. He had led efforts to restore postwar shipping relations with the United States and brokered a joint trans Atlantic service with United American Lines.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Germany
Wilhelm Cuno
Hamburg- American Steamship Line
Cuno
Unite States
United American Lines
Eagle Meat Market to Remain Under New Ownership
After 40 years in retail and grocery trade the owner sells to sons Robert I Eagle and Robert Jasper. The Eagle Meat Market will expand and modernize its rooxa and continues under the firm name. Creditors with claims before January 1 should file for payment and arrangements for settlement will be made.
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Robert I. Eagle
Robert Jasper
Eagle Meat Market
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