Iowa News Highlights Mixed Farm and Local Affairs
Farmers near Allison cut two crops of Lay this year while a mix of local incidents and notes spread across Iowa. Reports mention a Goldfield man killed by a truck in Minneapolis, desertion charges in Iowa City, a Cedar Falls vacation, public dancing ban in Cedar Rapids, and various community events from plant moves to school flags and weather forecasts.
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Allison
Howard Carter
Goldfield
Miineapolis
Kyle Reese
Iowa City
J. N. McCay
Cedar Falls
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Mahaska County
Knoxville Hospital
Ford Motor Plant
Des Moines
Monticello
Iowa State College of
Sheldon
Herman Kasier
Dakota City
Humboldt
Wilton
National Oats Company
St. Louis
J R. Matthews
Park Department
Des Moiner
J. G. Rounds
Highland Park Methodist Church
Des Moinés
State Teachers College
Island Park
Kirk Hansen
Frank Robertson
Traer
Wiliam Wilmont
Osceola
Linnie Taylor
Council Bluffs
Sam
Freidan
Sioux City
Russell Dove
Fairfield
James G. Riddle
Indianola
Iowa State College
William Mackrill
East of Griswold
Hampshire
Eugene Dunning
Fort Dodge
Dunning
Albert Traemer
Town Falls
Gsehood
Iowa
W. 3B. Talbot
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Noted Navy Officer Admiral Clark Dies in California
Admiral Charles BE Clark, who once commanded the battleship Oregon on its famed voyage to Key West and fought at Santiago in the Spanish American War, died at his daughter's Long Beach home at age 79. The obituary also lists other notable deaths and world events from the era in brief.
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Charles BE. Clark
Oregon
San Francisco
Key West
Santiago
Long Beach
Cal
Pasadena Legion men brave ammonia blast rescue
David O'Leary and W. W. Colton of Pasadena Post No. 18, American Legion, ran into a burning ammonia explosion above an ice plant. They saved caretakers Maude Pishburn and A Hare and aided four boy scouts evacuating a crippled scout, both pairs revived by first aid.
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David & O'Leary
Adjustant
W. W. Colton
Pasadena
Cal
American Legion
Post Club
O'leary
Boy Scouts
Pasadena Boy Scouts
Colton
Auxiliary Women Lead Drive for Kansas City Speedway Dedication
The American Legion of Kansas and Missouri will oversee the dedication of a new $500,000 speedway in Kansas City. Mrs. Rose E. B. Cravens, president of the Women's Auxiliary, organized ticket sales across the two states to raise about $60,900 for disabled veterans and dependents. Auxiliary members exceeded wartime effort levels, earning praise from Legion officials for their decisive, broad-based campaign.
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American Legion
Kansas
American Legion of
Missouri
Kansas City
Rose EB. Cravens
Woman's Auxiliary
Kanae
Blessed Haven Retreat Aids Convalescent Vets in New Jersey
The Byron Pennington Croker Post of the American Legion in Wildwood New Jersey opened Blessed Haven, a convalescent retreat for ex service men. It is the state’s only facility of its kind and its success spurs other posts to plan similar retreats in populous areas to ease veterans’ return home.
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Byron Pennington Croker
American Legion
Wildwood
N. J
Rehabilitation committee chief urges hospitals for disabled veterans
Humphrey McBride, lieutenant colonel and chairman of the District No. 9 rehabilitation committee, accuses government neglect in hospital provision for disabled veterans. He cites 1848 beds vs 1148 located by his inquiry, 6000 ex servicemen with tuberculosis, and urges two regional 5 bed hospitals plus up to date care and observation facilities.
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Thy Anes Legion
Humphrey McBride
St. Lou
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebris
United States Veterans’ Puron
Poll
Bawyer
A. A. Gp
National Court
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Sprague
Sawyer Tail
McBride
Abrasia
T! Veterans’ Bureau
Hospital Tea Part for Legion Auxiliary Leader
Jack L. Hamil of the Twenty-third division marked a year and a day in Sacred Heart hospital Spokane when Lowell F. Hobart national president of the American Legion Auxiliary died there. Mrs. John R. Neely arranged a party to celebrate, and the event was photographed for posterity. The Auxiliary party traveled a six week tour of Pacific coast states, with hospitals welcoming their visit as indicated by authorities.
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Jack L. Hamil
Sacred Heat
Spokane
Waeh
Lowell F. Hobart
American Legion Auxiliary
John R. Neely
Washington
Hobart
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