Cromwell U S Notes Afi ae Gravett Excluded From School
Cromwell U S notes that junior Afi ae Gravett has been excused from school due to fitness. Roy Foster McClellan Brown and Join Kepner competed in the track and field meet at Sidney Friday. The sophomore play The Empty House drew a large audience Tuesday evening. After expenses Miss Rettig reported a balance of 15 dollars to the student body treasury. The baseball game with Nevinville was not finished Wednesday afternoon because of rain. Four innings were played with Cromwell leading 3 to 1. The game does not count as a victory as fewer than seven innings are not considered a full game. The School presents Windmills of Holland in community hall Wednesday night as the final lecture course number. Seventh and eighth grade pupils high in reading and arithmetic include Ariel Kinkade Kenaneth Kinkade Martha Keller Mamie Pratt Ethel Krauth and Gwendolyn McDonald.
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Adel man found slain at home in alleged self infliction
Cortocre C6 reports 3B Powell of Adel investigated the death of 7 B. John, a wealthy resident, found murdered with throat cut by a razor. Coroner rules death as self inflicted. No inquest required.
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League Hitters Make Records In Pennant Race
In the sixth week of the pennant chase, Jack Fournier leads NL batting at .500 with Roger Hornsby at .449. Wheat falls to sixth at .397 as Fonseca and Frisch push for high averages. Cobb leads the AL with .626, homering five times in two days, while Earl Combs and Sisler contend for second and fourth places.
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Johnny Pic
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Cleveland
Boone
Goslin
Washington
Wilson Not Surprised At Nurmi Whitewash
Des Moines May 11 The AAU national secretary Seying then Rubion defended Hugo Quist and Paavo Nurmi against charges of exorbitant expenses for Nurmi and Willie Ritola at the Drake relay carnival. Drake athletic director Kenneth L. Wilson said he was not surprised by the exoneration and explained the offered travel arrangements could be legitimate under amateur rules if used properly.
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New York
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Will Honor American Dead in Abbey
London authorities announce the London Branch of the American Overseas Memorial Association will lead memorial services at Westminster Abbey and in national cemeteries in England and Ireland. May 30 events honor about 454 Americans at Brookwood and 91 in Ireland, plus graves from 1812 and 1861 wars decorated with wreaths.
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London
American Overseas Memorial Association
Westminster Abbey
England
Ireland
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United States
France
National robbery gang targeting Rush Meadows uncovered
Information released to the sheriff's office reveals a nationwide gang planned to injure Rush Meadows, a noted criminal attorney and ex football star, who was recently arrested on charges of forging stolen United States bonus.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's Office Today
Rush Meadows
United States
Rail problems not small ones
A Des Moines railroad attorney warns railroads must enter bus and air transport to survive. He cites Senator Cummins advocating consolidation under government supervision to meet commerce demands and notes short haul loss to motor buses and rising airline use. A backstage motion picture gag closes the piece.
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Albert B. Cummins
Sioux City
Intel’igent
Women Inventors Target Home Labor With New Devices
London reports a surge in English patent applications by women as labor saving machines for homes appear. Among them is an electric dish washer capable of cleaning a family of 12 in minutes for a fraction of a penny. Mrs E M Bolton, a noted inventor and organizer of a new company, is a grand niece of Sir Humphrey Davy and has developed a hand free laundry machine operable by four housewives without water on their hands.
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London
England
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Toreador Handles Raging Bull Cautiously
A brief Hollywood note from Isalated Press dated May 9 reports that the production of Raging Bull had a moment of unfilmed humor, with the Toreador figure guiding cautious handling of the scene during filming.
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Not Every Meteor Falls In Kansas, Professor Says
McPherson Kan May 8 Professor H H Nininger of McPherson College argues Kansas is not a special meteorite landing field. He cites a chart showing one fifth of world finds in Kansas but attributes this to soil and public interest rather than a true attractor. He notes rare stony meteorite finds and suggests iron showers may stem from disintegrating comets.
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Arizona
To Construct Veterans Hospital at Ft Snelling
Washington May 9. Director Hines of the veterans bureau and war department officials reached a definite decision to construct a veterans hospital at Fort Snelling Minnesota.
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Ft. Snelling
Associated Press
Washington
Fort Snelling, Minn
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