Hafner of Letts Wins at Iowa State Fair Beef Show
At Des Moines Aug 23 AP Adela Hafner of Letts won first place in the Hereford division for younger beef cattle with Domino in the Iowa state fair contest. Clarence Goecke of State Center led the Hereford class among March April 1929 calves, followed by Andriene Caldwell and John Wagler. Winners span multiple breeds and counties with notable names including Beulah Larson, Roy Lewis, Zet a Rutgers, Arthur FranZanburg, and various county groups marking a broad state showing of prize cattle.
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Des Moines
Clarence Goecke
State Center
Chicago
Jimmie
Andriene Caldwell
Yarmouth
John Wagler
Pulaski
Adela Hafner
Letts
Donald
Clifford Nichols
Albion
Tree Boy
Hereford
Alvin Myer
Lane
Robert Downing
Milo
Elvin Thede
Gladbrook
Horace Westcott
Denison
Lone Tree
Cooper
Corning
Johnson County
Mahaska
Marshall
Martin Warren
Iowa City
Donald Mitchell
Reinbeck
Escond
Franklin Glenn
Marshalltown
Tama
Claire Werner
Gibson
Ival Himing
Floris
John Cox
Knoxville
Frank Scarina
Montour
Merrill Langfitt
Indianola
Ertle de Winter
Fort Dodge
Laverne Merrill
Janet Merrill
Webster
Herbert Rowland
St. Ansgar
Lavern Merrill
King and Queen Visit Scotland with Prince George
The king and queen arrived in Aberdeen with their youngest son Prince George. The king wore kilts and the royal Stuart tartan and accepted congratulations from the lord provost on the birth of a granddaughter, Scotland’s first princess in over 300 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Scotland
Prince George
Troops Revolt in Arequipa Peru
In Arequipa Peru troops led by Lieut Col Sanchez Cerro seized the city without bloodshed arresting the department prefect and the division chief. The government announced steps to restore order and warned Mollendo and Arequipa air and sea access were closed.
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Lima
Peru
Augusto B. Leguia
Arequipa
Mollendo
Lake Titicaca
Pacific
Sanchez Cerro
Federico Fernandeini
Leopoldo Arias
Iowa Board Cuts State Levy to Eleven Mills in 1930
Des Moines report: the state tax levy for 1930 set at 11 mills, a half mill less than 1929, with ten mills for general state purposes and another for soldiers bonus bond interest. The reduction follows uncovering untaxed property, shifting about 500000 dollars annually to noncontributing sources. Real estate valuations total 3.211 billion. transmission lines 8.961 million. telephone lines 36.931 million. personal property and livestock 305 million. railroads 305 million. utilities 46 million. More than 567 million in moneys and credits listed versus 485 million last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Board of Assessment and Review
State Board of Assessment
State Executive Council
J. W. Reynolds
Louis H. Cook
J. W. Foster
Man claims knockout drops robbed him of $3000 in New York speakeasy
Sioux City dispatch reports Harry M. Holt former post office cashier now jailed on embezzlement charges said he was lured by a young man to a New York speakeasy where he drank and blacked out. On awakening he found $3000 taken from postal deposits and decided to surrender to authorities.
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Sioux City
Hon
New York
Harry M. Holt
Post Office
Holt
Ferguson’s Fate in Balance in Texas Runoff
Miriam A Ferguson and Ross D Sterling fight for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor in a volatile runoff. Ferguson vows to free convicts if she wins while Sterling attacks her pardon record and watchdogs warn of ethics concerns. Gov Moody and State Senator Small join the campaign with sharp exchanges.
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Dallas
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ross D. Sterling
Houston
Sterling
State Highway Commission
Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Dan Moody
Clint Small
Andree Believed to Have Met Death While Trying to Beat His Way Back
Stockholm reports Sweden to repatriate Salomon Auguste Andree the balloonist explorer from the 1897 polar attempt. The coffin will be carried by a Swedish battleship meeting the sealing vessel Brattvaag for solemn ceremonies and interment in Sweden.
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Andree
Stockholm
Salomon
Brattvaag
Sweden
Oslo
Salomon Auguste Andree
North Pole
S. Horn
Nils Strindberg
Knut Frankel
White Island
Mointveen
Spangler Opens Campaign with Optimism on Tariff Aid
Des Moines reports Harrison M. Spangler chairman of the Republican state central committee fires the first campaign shot, praising the tariff as favorable to Iowa agriculture. He notes 93.73 percent of tariff increases apply to farm products and predicts a Hoover endorsement as Republicans rally for the November election.
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Des Moines
Harrison M. Spangler
Republican State Central Committee
Spangler
Iowa
Middle West
East
South
Hoover
Senator Grundy
John J. Raskob
Democratic Committee
Republican Party
Duchess of York and Princess Reported Well
A Glamis castle bulletin dated Aug 23 says the Duchess of York and the infant Princess are both very well. The note is signed by Sir Henry Simson.
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Glamis
Scotland
Glamis Castle
Weather outlook for Aug 25 to Aug 30
Iowa and Illinois forecast fair tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Weekly outlook covers upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with unsettled weather and possible showers midweek. Readings show small temperature drops in Dubuque Dawnport Muscatine and Keokuk.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi
Missouri
Dubuque
Dawnport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Fall
Duchess of York gives birth to a girl in Reno
In Reno at Tahoe Tavern on August 23, there is news that the Duchess of York has a baby girl. The writer jokes about royal succession and mentions Lindy’s baby and Henry Mencken’s upcoming marriage as light gossip in a lively party atmosphere.
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Lindy
Henry Mencken
Two Per Cent of People Listed as Idle on April 1
Washington reports 2 508 151 able bodied Americans or two percent of the population were unemployed and seeking work last April per preliminary census data. The Bureau notes six other classes of unemployed are excluded and estimates idle share of the normally employed around five percent nationwide with Iowa listing 22 633 people—0 9 percent of its 2 467 900 population.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Iowa
Sports Writer Abe Yager Dies After Long Illness
Abe Yager, 60, sports editor of the Brooklyn Eagle and dean of baseball writers, died last night after a long illness. He spent 45 years at the Eagle, beginning his newspaper career as a copy boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abe Yager
The
Broklyn Eagle
Lost Sack Sugar Ad Sparks Reward Offer
An insert in the Journal reports a lost sack of sugar between Mea Market and Fair Oaks Stock Farm. Reward offered and phone line 1903-12 provided. Advertiser urges immediate contact for any found items.
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Mea Market
Fair Oaks
National Air Races Opened at Chicago
Jimmy Haizlip of St. Louis won the first event of the tenth annual national air races for civilian open planes with 1000 cubic inch displacement. The opening featured ceremonies with Senator Hiram Bingham and army navy fliers, a crash to the right wing of Fritz Lohse’s plane, and demonstrations by Marion Doret of France and Jimmy Doolittle. Derby contests from Brownsville to Chicago and Miami to Chicago also advanced toward conclusion.
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Curtiss - Reynolds
Chicago
Jimmy Haizlip
St. Louis
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
National Aeronautical Association
Marion Doret
France
Uand
Frank M. Hawks
E. M. Laird
Ben Howard
Army
Fritz Lohse
Lohse
Navy
Marine Corps
al Williams
Jimmy” Doolittle
Hawks
Brownsville
Tex
East St. Louis
Ill
Aurora
Jack Livingston
W. G. Moore
Kansas City
Miami
Hoover to Survey Inland Waterways Plan at Virginia Lodge
President Hoover will review the entire inland waterways program and flood control projects with government and private engineers at weekend talks at a Virginia mountain lodge. He accompanies experts including Major General Lytle Brown and Col. George R. from the army corps to assess upper Mississippi and Missouri improvements and the Minneapolis to Cairo nine foot channel project with initial funding of 7.5 million dollars, potentially rising to 75 to 100 million.
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Washington
Hoover
Presidential Mountain Lodge
Virginia
White House
Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
George R
Army Engineer Corps
Mississippi
Illinois
Robert E. McConnell
New York
Missouri
Spalding
Minneapolis
Cairo
Congress
Trustee Leonard Bowen Hurt in Gasoline Tank Explosion
Leonard Bowen, a trustee of the municipal light and water plants, suffered serious burns Friday night when a gasoline tank exploded in the Thompson Motor corporation plant basement. Bowen aided Stephen Garza in experiments with a high pressure gasoline vaporizing device, which detonated.
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Leonard Bowen
Municipal Light and Water Plants
Thompson Motor Corporation
Bowen
Stephen Garza
McCormick Seeks Voters Will On Prohibition Referendum
Ruth Hanna McCormick pledges to obey voters in a triple prohibition referendum aligned with the Illinois senate race. The Republican nominee, still dry in preference, backs enforcement of the Volstead Act until repeal or amendment, while Democrats push repeal of all prohibition laws.
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Springfield
Illinois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
James Hamilton Lewis
McCormick
Congress
Lewis
Prohibition
Senate
Explosion Fatal for Stephen Gatza at Thompson Plant
Stephen Gatza, 408 Locust Street, died at Bellevue Hospital at 7 10 this morning from burns suffered Friday night when a small gasoline tank exploded in the basement of the Thompson Motor Car plant at 708 East Fourth Street. Leonard Bowen, Mayor Herbert G. Thompson, State Senator Ralph A. Thompson and others were burned.
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Stephen Gatza
Locust Street
Bellevue Hospital
Burns
Thompson Motor Car Corporation
East Fourth Street
Leonard Bowen
Municipal Light and Water Plants
Herbert G. Thompson
Ralph A
Sam Block
Littlemac
Bowen
Ay Gatza
Gatza
Ralph Thompson
Mayor Thompson
Reuben D. Rasmussen
Thompsons
Peggy Hopkins Joyce Blamed in Divorce Petition
In San Francisco on August 23 AP reported Everett Allen Archibald filed a divorce petition blaming the memory of actress Joyce for his wife Peggy Hopkins Joyce's unhappiness as his successor. Archibald said he could never forget he was her first husband and quipped Pegg was a better wife than you ever could be.
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Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
San Francisco
Everett Allen Archibald
Archibald
Pegg
Schneider Winging Way to New York Hopes for Record
Eddie Schnieder an 18 year old Jersey City youth left Wichita Kansas for a junior west to east trans continental record attempt at 6 am local time. He aims to reach New York today with no stops if possible. He flew from Los Angeles on Thursday and overnighted in Albuquerque New Mexico. His total elapsed time to Wichita was 13 hours.
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Wichita
Kas
Eddie Schnieder
Jersey City
New York
Schneider
Los Angeles
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Mrs. Kennedy
Miss Waldron
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Syndlpyrigh
Leguia
Dane's Island
Spitzbergen
Romsoe
Norway
Will
Yours
Ilinois
Thompson Plant
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