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HEARING is SET

Montgomery Board. to Weigh
Convalescent Home Case.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. ~ (Spe-
ciaD.-The Board Of County Commits
sioners will hold hearing Tuesday
at 3 pm. on the application Of Frank
c. Davis for permission to operate =
convalescent home on his property on
the Rockville pike near Montrose,
Frank H. Karn. president Of the board,
said today.
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TORVESTAD FILES
FOR HOUSE SEAT
Colmar Manor Mayor Enters Race
by Petition as Do Labor
Candidates.

John N. Torvestad. Mayor Of Colmar
Manor, and three Labor party candi-
dates entered the Maryland general
election yesterday by filing petitions
with Secretary of State E. Ray Jones,
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Senate; Morris Leavitt, for attorney
general; Eta Gibson. for controller,
and David H. Leavitt, for clerk OF the
Court of Appeals. All are from Bal
timore.
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tical, small-scale testing stage in the
next year. So impressed have the
engineers been with their value. be-
cause of their flexibility and dura-
bllity, among other qualities, that,
except for relatively small group of
reVetments made by floating willow
mats out from the river bank and
then sinking it to the bottom with
a layer OF stone material, the stretches
OF asphalt pavement" already have
caught up with the earlier method OF
unrolling blankets" of wire -joined
concrete blocks down the river banks.
The asphalt "mattress'-15O feet
Wide-is constructed on a platform
of floating mixing plant. The as
phalt is applied on a flexible metal
mesh to reinforce it. The mixing
barge starts at the river bank, where
one edge of each layer OF the mat
tress" is anchored in the upper bank
pavement, AS each section, almost
2 inches thick, is completed, the mix
ing plant is drawn out toward the
center of the river between two lines
of Joined barges protecting it, and
the flexible mattress" is lowered
along the side Of the river. BY this
process, continuous sheet of REIN
forced asphalt pavement can be
unrolled and lowered as it is made
until it is, in effect, cut off at the
bottom of the slope of the river bed,
below the area where the movement
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SHOEMAKER RITES
SETFOR TUESDAY
Autopsy Shows Montgomery
County Policeman Died
of Natural Causes.
BY . staff Correspondent of The Star

BY stan correspondent OF The Star.
BETHESDA. Md, Feb. 5.-Funeral
services for James E. Shoemaker,
Montgomery County police officer
Who died following a scuffle with a
woman he elected from Sunset Hall
restaurant and dance hall Friday
night. Will be held Tuesday at II am.
in the William Reuben Pumphrey
Funeral Home here.
Interment will be in the Methodist
Episcopal Church Cemetery at Poto-
mac. Members of the county police
force in which Officer Shoemaker
served for the past eight years, will
participate in the services and serve
as pallbearers. Flags at the court
house were flown at half staff TODAY.
The autopsy performed this AFTER
noon by DR.. William S. Murphy and
Or. E. A. A. Dunn revealed that
Ofhcer Shoemaker died of natural
causes. Whether a kick he is SAID to
have received during the scufle was
contrlbutory factor will be left
to the court, Dr.. Murphy said States
Attorney James H. Pugh announced
preliminary hearing will be held
within a week or 10 days on the man.
slaughter charge against Mrs. Nav
Palmer. 45, of Glen Echo Heights,
whom the officer had elected from the
hall just before his death. He had
suffered from a heart allment for
several years and was under a ply
slclans care at the time of his death.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Palmer remained
In the county jail at Rockville in de-
fault of $1,000 bond recommended by
Mr.. Pugh.
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thus more or less regulated by the
control of its water sources to the
northward, this vision is that condi-
tions along the lower 1000 miles of
its winding course to the Gulf will
become more stable and inevitably
affect the lives of the people in that
area as it does so. 1t follows that,
as the communities and bridges along
the lower reaches of the river become
more valuable, the need for holding
the river in its course and ending its
shifty Wanderings will increase, and
that the demand for more and more
paving" protection will arise.
Success of Development.
Despite the high cost of revetment
work thus far attempted, Government
officials have been encouraged by the
success of the development in the last
five years of a method of paving"
the river bed with broad strips of
asphalt at considerable reduction
in cost, as compared with the concrete
block and other older methods, and
with promise of greater durability
and effectiveness. Latest estimates
on the cost of the asphalt paving
method place the cost around $51 a
linear foot, as compared with the
average of $50.
Experiments with these asphalt
mattresses" as the engineers de-
scribe them, began in the middle OF
1882, and were brought to the prac-
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Of the water might eat into the bank.
The asphalt-mixing barge then
moves upstream almost $50 feet and
lays down another layer of its mat
tress," overlapping slightly the one
already in place and continues this
process until the bank is protected
along the entire area Of erosion dam
ger, which may range from a short
distance to several miles, according
to the nature OF the twisting rivers
bend.
AS explained by the Army's engi-
neers, the function Of this bank pro-
lection work is to resist the securing
or erosive action of water currents
lmpinging at an angle on the natural
river bank or bed. Such erosion gen.
orally occurs on the concave sides of
bends or at other locations where the
river changes direction
The asphalt mattress has been
found to be especially valuable not
only because of its lower cost and
greater durability but because it re-
tains its f1exibility long enough when
immersed in the water to settle snug
ly against the natural bank, despite
occasional depressions or mounds.
With none of its metal parts exposed,
it is believed to offer, in addition to
its reduced original cost, a promise
OF great savings in future maintenance
costs as compared with other kinds
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THREE SENTENCED
IN GAS LEVY CASE
Fines and Prison Terms Imposed
on Charge of Conspiracy
to Escape Taxes.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MONROE, La. Feb. 5.-Three men
were sentenced by Federal Judge Ben
c. Dawkins today on charges of con-
spiracy to escape payment Of taxes on
gasoline shipped in interstate COM
merce.
Twelve other defendants were fined
$500 each, but the fines were sus-
pended.
R. A, Billups. Greenwood, Miss, oil
operator. was sentenced to serve one
year and pay a fine of $4,000. Claude
Horn received one-year sentence
and a fine of $1,000 and Guy Billups
Of Greenwood was sentenced to six
months and fined $50.
The defendants entered pleas Of
mole contendere under which they
neither pleaded guilty nor not guilty.
They we're indicted by the Federal
Court grand jury last June at Shreve-
port, La, on charges Of conspiracy to
escape payment OF gasoline taxes by
shipping gasoline under the labelling
of kerosene which carried a lighter
tax, misbranding of goods shipped in
interstate commerce, making out
false bills Of laoing and conspiracy
10 defraud the Government,
The indictments were returned
against the group after a widespread
investigation by District Attorney
Harvey c. Flslds and group of Fed
eral agents at Shreveport,
Judge Dawkins stated that the IL
fines were suspended because the IL
persons involved were employees and
the situation was such that they
were induced to become parties" to
the alleged conspiracy.
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Montgomery

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discussed at length with Mr.. Myers
last night the question of the advisa-
bility Of protecting the interests of
the certificate holders. He learned
that Attorney Myers also had studied
the petition and proposal pending in
the court
A conference on the whole question
was scheduled for tomorrow at Mr..
Myers Office.
A schedule of the status of the Mont
gomery association filed with the court
sho"5 assets to be S567.355O7, with
liabilities listed at 1868, ,O63, includ-
Ing a figure of S52l,810 owing to the
three classes of shareholders.
Approval for Plan.
From the District of Columbia
Building and Loan League came gen.
eral approval last night of the pend
ing plan for solving the difficulties
OF the Montgomery association. c.
Clinton James, counsel for the Dis
trlct League and also chairman of
the Federal Legislative Committee Of
the United States Building and Loan
League, said the arrangement" had
oeen made through the local league.
The motive for the movement, he
indicated, was to create a fund equal
to that owed shareholders in order
that they may get their money. He
indicated 1t was in the nature of a
community service" and for the
good name Of building and loan"
1t was his informal opinion that
the surplus certificates did not con-
stitute lien on the assets of the Mont
gomery association.
The Montgomery organization has
lost one suit involving the certificates,
in which it paid $3.50, plus interest,
to j. E. Tapscott, 621 Newton place
NV, and won another suit involving
$1,000, which it avoided payment on
a certificate.
In the Tapscott case, where the
plaintiff was represented by Attorney
Myers. it was charged that the ma
ture of the document was misrepre-
sented by the salesman, who had
promised 1t could be turned into cash
at any time. The salesman denied
this. jury in Municipal Court held
for Mr.. Tapscott, and the company
paid.
1t was this case which partially
precipitated dissolution of the associa-
ton.
Holders Criticized.
Receiver Little. IN one of his let
ters to Mr.. Heath, criticized the at
titude of number of certificate hold
ers who have fought the association
thereby hurting it with others ano
in some cases bringing suit against
the association" This conduct, he
said, jeopardized the interests of the
association and of its individual mem.
bers and forced the decision on the
board that for the protection Of the
members as whole it would be best
to convert the assets into cash fol
prompt distribution. Fortunately, this
has been accomplished without the
loss of single dollar"
Mr.. Heath took exception to this
statement Of without the loss of 9
single dollar" He pointed out the
petition and exhibits indicate the as.
sets amount to roughly s500000. while
the liabilities, including the foul
classes of stock, amount to more thar
$70000O
Therefore" he said, obviously youl
statement that distribution can bt
made without the loss of single dollar
does not apply to me, because. as
see it, in your petition you had me
down to lose $500 which I paid fol
foundation surplus certificates" HI
contends there should be pro ratl
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distribution of the assets to both
| shareholders and to certificate holders.
Controversy over the rights of 1900
certificate holders may revolve around
this particular language, printed on
its face:
THE legal holder hereof shall be
entitled to receive from the surplus
fund of the association the amount
represented hereby in cash or by credit
on passbook when the surplus equals
the amount of all outstanding founda-
ton surplus certificates. and thereafter
shall be entitled to full proportionate
participation in the surplus fund. all
in addition to the holders rights to
also participate in full net earnings
of the association through his share
subscription
Those who feel that the certificates
will have no claim on the Montgomery
assets point to the fact that the asso-
citation now has no surplus"
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HEARINGS SCHEDULED
ON RIVERS PROJECTS
Public Discussion of Two Jobs in
Maryland and One in Vir-
ginia to Be Held.

Public Improvements on two river
ano harbor improvement projects in
Maryland waters and one in Vir-
glnla have been scheduled hv the
Board of Engineers for Rivers and
Harbors, They Will be held in the
boards hearing room in the NUM-
tons Building tomorrow and Tues
day
The board will hold a review hear
ing at $50 am tomorrow to de-
termlne if Improvement of the chan
mel at Matapeake, Md. used BY .he
Claloorne-Annapols Ferry, is advis-
able. An adverse report on the prof.
ect had been given by the division
engineer
Hearings on proposal to dredge a
channel 10 feet deep across the bars
at the mouth of Mill Creek. Anne Ar
undel County, Md, and to construct a
protective timber bulkhead will be
held at l0:30 am tomorrow. At 3
pm. tomorrow the board will con-
slider excavation Of a protected har-
bor and channel in Cherrystone Chan
nel Cape Charles, Va.
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legislative body would he cornnosed ~

legislative body would be composed Of
representatives Of Fascios, or units
OF the Fascist party, and Of % guilds
or corporations, in which employers
and employees OF industry, agriculture
and professional workers are divided
in cooperative state plan.
The new body would acquire all the
legislative powers of the 400 members
of the existing Chamber of Deputies.
Which has been functioning since Italy
became unified in 1860.
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IL DUCE WILL ACT SOON
ON REPLACING CHAMBER
italian Grand Council to Take Up
Formation of New Body at
Session March 3.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Feb. 5.-Early action Of
Premier Benito Mussolinis long post
poned plan to supplant the Chamber
OF Deputies with a chamber of
Fascios and Guilds" was indicated
today with an announcement the
Grand Council would consider the
matter on March 3.
Under II Duce's proposal, the new
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Of mattresses" with which Old Man
Rivers bed has been paved here
tofore
Copyright 1888, Herald Tribune
News 6erviceD
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Labor Halts Traffic.

All motor transport across the
famous Quindio Pass in Colombia
was stopped recently by a labor dis.
pute.
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Sharp Drop.

Winter ousted summer as the tenn
perature dropped so degrees in SO
hours in South Africa recently.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-17

been denied.
County Sup't Schools: Vote for
Geo. S. Belland.
County Commissioner, District No.
1: Vote for Tony Schmidt.
District 2: Vote for James D.
Swan.
District 8: Vote for Mrs. Harry
P. Churchill, Clyde May, Louis
H. Peter, Geo. C. Sudheimer. DO
NOT VOTE FOR JOHNNY
MAUER. He refuses to serve
citizens of Negro ancestry in his
tavern.
Representative in Legislature, Dis
trict 81 South: No choice.
District 81 North: Victor l..
Renstrom is the man to vote for,
Senator, District SO: No choice.
Representative, District SS South;
Vote for Allard P. Couse and
A. L. Hogan. John M. Drexleri
one of his opponents, does not
deserve Negro support. He VIC
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-17
Hundreds Crowd
e: Jack: Winston
:; :. Funeral. Rites
JACK WINSTON DIES
SUDDENLY

Jack Winston, bartender at Jim's
Tavern, died suddenly Sunday, June
IL, while on duty. Winston was
conversing with the waitress, Kath-
eryn Murphy, when he put his
hand to his head and fell, appar-
emily from a cerebral hemorrhage.
Friends carried him outside and
sat him in a chair where he died
in a few minutes.
The Coroner came and pro-
nounced him dead about 8 p. m.
He was taken to the County
morgue, and his body was released
Monday about $3.50 p. m. to the
Neal Funeral Home in st. Paul.
An autopsy was held Monday at
$3.50 p. m.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday, June 15, at 2:30 p. m. with
Rev. L. w. Harris officiating. In
terment in Oakland cemetery.
Survivors include a brother,
Joseph of Riverside, California,
who wired that he couldn't attend
the services.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-17
Russell Claims
Gibbons Segregation
Not Surprising

Eu1IOIs
There is nothing surprising to
an old-timer in st. Paul. I refer
to an article in the columns of the
st. Paul Recorder last Saturday,
June II, claiming Jail segregation.
Now, if the writer who signs his
initials E. P. who heard the man
say or tell a gang of people this
did happen at the Ramsey County
Jail, I for one, would very much
like to meet the gentleman E. P.
and say to him if he has lived in
st. Paul for as long as two months
or more it should not surprise him
to hear Of anything Mr.. Gibbons
may do to the Negro from a preju-
diced point of view.
It might be interesting to the
writer to know that the present
sheriff of Ramsey County, Mr..
Thomas Gibbons, has been accused
of prejudice toward the Negro race
for many years. This accusation
he has never denied in writing to
our group and neither as a private
citizen or as sheriff of Ramsey
County. , .
R. Russell.
673 Carroll Ave-, st. Paul.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-17

Of Des Moines, president of the
Baptist Sunday School Convention
of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and
South Dakota, who was elected to
his ninth term to the presidency
of that organization meeting in st.
Paul this week. Elected in 1929 at
Council Bluffs, he has seen conven-
ton grow from an unorganized
group to a we'll perfected, modern,
organized youth movement, includ-
ing in it's membership both high
school and college graduates.
Mr.. Dudley is responsible for
many innovations in this body. The
convention today has school of
methods" recognized by the Inter-
national Council of Religious Edu-
cation and the National Baptist
Convention, Inc, with class "a"
rating. This school offers a four
year course in the more advanced
methods of Sunday School teach
ing. Another major achievement
under his regime was the develop
ment of the oratorical contests
which are an annual convention
event. These. contests have been
the means of inspiring the youth
throughout the jurisdiction.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-17

services to appear on the program
are Harvey Atkins, Monwell (Bert
Williams) Kraft, the Pettiford
Sisters, Beulah Mitchell, Frances
PEBBLES, James Gresham, Sam Har-
ris, Melvin Dillon, Alonzo Mason,
Lorna Marmon, Bernice Brown,
Boy Scout Troop, Victoria Bell,
and many others.
Prominent o. X. Benefit
Many prominent people and bust
ness firms have expressed their in
terest in the benefit and have given
financial support to it. Among
them are: Governor Elmer Ben
son, Mayor George E. Leach, Judge
Matthias Baldwin, Vernon S. WEIGH,
Mabeth Hurd Paige, Mrs. Phillip
Meighen, Oscar Nordquist, Harold
R. Atwood, Carroll Reed, Judge
Vince A. Day, W. ]. Murphy, Mike
Holm, Henry G. Young, Donald c.
Bennyhoff, Henry Voegei, George
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-17
Martin Brown
Sues NicOuet
Hotel for $500

Martin Brown, Minneapolis bust
ness man, filed suit last week
against the Nicollet Hotel for hu-
initiation suffered when he was re-
fused service in one of the hotel
departments.
Mr.. Brown, a member of the
Minneapolis Retail Petroleum Deal
ers' Assn, was attending a meet
ing at the hotel.
Mr.. Brown is suing for $500
damages under the civil rights
statutes of this state.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-17

H. Hemperley, AL P. Erickson,
Senator Ernest Lundeen, Clarence
R. CLANCY, E. L. Mattson, ]. II.
Hauschild, Morris Hursh, Daniel F.
Ball, F. A. Chamberlain, Judge E.
G. Waite, Chas. C. Bovey, Inter-
national Fuel Co., R. S. Virgins,
H. C. Brown, Cecil E. Newman,
Karl De Laittre, J. & H. Laundry,
John Swanson, Louis Palmerstein,
o. C. Barnes, A. L. Searle, South
town Market, goth Century Clean
ers, and Alice M. Forte, Minnesota
Iowa Club, the Minneapolis Spokes-
man, and st. Paul Recorder.
The admission to the benefit is
only 35 cents. After the stage
show which is actually worth the
price of admission those who care
to may dance to the music of Ray
Dysart and his band. Curtain for
the show is at $3.50 p. m.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-17

lates the civil rights law in the
tavern he operates by refusing
to serve colored citizens.
Representative, 3Sth District
North: Vote for Joseph Prifrel,
Jr.
Senator, seth District North: Vote
for Joseph H. Masek.
Representative, seth District, Ward
6: No choice.
4Oth District, Ward 4: Vote for
Henry E. Horwitz.
10th District, Ward Z: Vote for
+ Louis w. Hill, Jr.
41st District: Cast your ballot
for w. H. Kieffer and Harry G..
Nonemacher.
Senator, And District: Vote for
Charles N. Orr.
Representative, And Distric t
South: Roy E. Hilton is the man
to vote for. ....
41st District: Vote for George
L. Siegel.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-17
County Offices

For District Court: Vote for John
L. Levin, Gustavus Loevenger,
Carlton McNally and Clayton
Parks.
Abstract Clerk: Vote for Herman
J. Doepner. Do not vote for
John F. Doyle, incumbent and
former Justice of Peace.
County Attorney: Vote for Michael
F. Kinkead.
County Surveyor: No choice.
Harry S. Bronson, present sur
veyor, good man and so is for
mer county surveyor, Paul S.
Coates. Bronson has colored
man in his office.
County Treasurer: Lou ]. San
some.
Sheriff: Vote for Geo. Moeller,
former sheriff. Alleged race
segregation in county Jail during
Gibbons administration has not
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-17
Dudley Reelected Baptist
Sunday School President
for 9Th Consecutive Term

At the election of officers the 5 convention of the
Baptist Sunday School Minnesota Iowa. South Dakota Nebraska
session at Mt Ovet Baptist Church. ST. Paul. H Dudley of De
reelected his ninth president officers
elected D. M Nixon Council Bluffs first vepresiden James
Campbell Sioux City, Iowa, second eprdent; Rosetta Winston
Oumwa Iowa, recording secretary Mrs. Jessie Belle Davis, Des
Mones corresponding secretary Mrs NJ Shelton Ds Mones
Alma Baxter Des Moine rganit; Helen Bates Madi
choir DIRECTOR Robert King Valley Junction. cradle
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roll superintendent.
Board members elected: Viola
Daniels, Sioux City, Ia, western
district; Harry Taylor, Des MONIES,
central district, and Mrs. James
Drake, eastern district.
Approximately 200 delegates are
attending the Sunday School and
B. Y. P. U. meeting which began
Tuesday and will close with a
huge banquet Friday night, June
18th.
Delegates and their respective
churches:
Mt. Olivet, st. Paul, Minn.-Rev.
]. C. Bothic, Doris Massie, Hen
rietta Simmons, and Mrs. Pearl
Combs.
Mt. Hebron Baptist Church, West
Des Moines, Iowa.-Rev. L. Gar
rett, Rev. R. King, Miss Nellie
Griffin, and Mrs. M. Nelson.
Pilgrim Baptist Church, Sioux
Falls, South Dakota.-Miss M.
Bridgewater, Miss B. Bridgewater,
C. H. Warden, and Phillis Murray.
Antioch Baptist Church, Water
loo, Iowa.-Rev. S. A. Davis, Nellie
Robinson, Mrs. Maxynee Haughton,
Miss Levora Hollins, Miss Bertha
Bryant, and Joe Jackson.
Second Baptist Church, Clarinda,
Iowa.-Rev. D. Nicholson, Miss
Rachel Cason, and Miss Louise
Nash.
Mt. Carmel, Waterloo, Iowa.
Rev. C. W. Turner and Mrs. C. w.
Turner.
St. Johns Baptist Church, Ma
son City, Iowa-Rev. M. J. Eaves,
Mrs. J. A. Ashford, Miss Vivian
Martin and Miss Ray Janette
Westra.
St. John, Omaha, Neb.-Rev.
E. D. Johnson and Mrs. E. D. John
son.
Mt. Zion, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Rev. N. A. Johnson, Iona Culp and
Erannie Balbene.
New Bethel, Perry, Iowa-Rev.
T. L. Iighons.
Maple St., Des Moines, Iowa
H. Dudley, T. Warrich, Mrs. o.
Jaco, Mrs. A. Freeman, Miss A.
Baxter and Miss D. Montgomery.
Second Baptist Church, Fort
Madison, Iowa-Rev. H. Harris,
Ralph Wilkerson, Loyad Ked-
mond, Miss Pauline Rudd and Miss
Lita Henry.
Second Baptist Church, Marshall
town, Iowa-Rev. M. ]. Eaves, the
Continued on Page u
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M0ELLER MEETING SATUR-
DAY NIGHT

MEETING SAT-. EVE, JUNE
18TH, AT $3.50 P. M. AT HALLE
Q. BROWN COMMUNITY
HOUSE, CORNER OF KENT
AND AURORA.
RETURN GEORGE H. NOEL
LER AS SHERIFF. A MAN
WHOSE RECORD FOR MANY
YEARS IN PUBLIC OFFICE HAS
BEEN ONE OF HONESTY, Eff
FICIENCY AND JUSTICE TO
ALL.
Political Advertisement Prepared
and issued for Geo. II. Moeller, 722
S. Smith Ave. by Sic Bockenstole,
2291s st. Anthony Ave-, for which
the regular rate has been paid.