De Pinedo’s Airplane Destroyed Near Roosevelt Dam
Commander Francesco De Pinedo, famed for uncharted routes, saw his twin motor plane engulfed in flames at Roosevelt Dam Arizona after a sudden explosion. No one injured as mechanics escaped by swimming. He had planned a 400 mile nonstop leg to San Diego before the blast ended the leg of his world flight.
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Roosevelt Dam
Ariz
Francesco de Pinedo
de Pinedo
Hot Springs
United Press
San Diego
Fishing Allowed at Rock Island Reservoir This Season
William Bragg announces that the local Izaak Walton league will permit bass fishing at Rock Island reservoir west of town this season. The June 1 to November 15 season will include a ten inch minimum, with fish under that size to be released. Seven thousand bass were stocked, and authorities stress conservation and pollution control as a speaker urges action.
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William Bragg
Izaak Walton League
Rock Island
Iowa
W. Brookhart
Sherman Hotel
Chicago
Claire Dewey
League
Eugene Breitenbach
Peck visits Featon Rapids man returns home soon
J C Peck of Featon Rapids Michigan arrived for a short visit with friends. The Peck family moved from Washington seven years ago. His son Frereth Peck who married Nita Richards from Cotter is living at Baton Rapids and employed in a bank. He will stay only a few days before returning home.
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J. C. Peck
Featon Rapids
Mich
Peck
Washington
Frereth Peck
Cotter
Nita Richards
Baton Rapids
Mr. Peck
Brady Family Plans Des Moines Visit
Mr and Mrs Tom Prady and their son Clifford with Lester Long drove to Des Moines this morning to visit Mrs Brady's relatives and spend time with family.
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Tom Prady
Clifford
Lester Long
Des Moines
New Gold Discovery Reported in Nevada at Weepah
Veepah Nevada experiences a gold boom after experienced miners report a shaft widening after a muss cut to eight feet showing rich ore with streaks of rich rock. The find counters rumors of a bust and sparks rapid building with twenty frame structures plus new houses.
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Nevada
Veepah
Opah
Nev
Eepah
Frank Horton
Weepah
San Francisco
Y M C A Plans Busy Summer for Boys
At a Washington conference the Y M C A discussed a varied summer program for boys. Victor Mastin, now of Oskaloosa, will lead the boys work starting June 1. A summer camp is eyed, plus athletic contests studies hikes and other activities to keep boys engaged. Mastin brings broad youth experience to the Oska loosa affiliated Y M C A and will implement the plans.
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Victor &. Mastin
Oskaloosa
Mastin
Washington
YMCA Seeks 14 to 16 Year Olds for Overnight Hike
Secretary Harry Kreider says boys aged 14 to 16 may join an overnight hike tomorrow and should register at the YMCA this evening.
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Harry Kreider
Sixteen Die in Explosion at Oil Plant
PARCO Wyoming April 6 16 killed and seven injured after a blast at the Producers and Refiners corporation distillery as Calvin Smith 65 dies from burns in a hospital ambulances remove bodies to Rawlins for burial. Storage Tank explosion in Parco Wyoming April 11 leaves 15 dead and eight seriously burned with two feared dead.
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Smith Ley
Rawlins
Parco
Wryo
Producers and Refiners Corporation
Oraveyard
Chinese mob raids Soviet legation in Shanghai incident
Three hundred Chinese raided the Soviet legation in the foreign settlement of Peking and dragged Russians and Chinese refugees from the building in a diplomatic flare up. The raid followed the arrest of two American propagandists for the Cantonese government. British soldiers stood guard at the British legation embankment.
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Peking
Legation
Governor Hammill Vetoes Barbers Licensing Bill
Governor Hammill vetoed the Stoddard MacFarland barber license bill, calling it unconstitutional due to discriminatory city class classifications. He said towns of 2100 and under would be treated differently, and no new bill would be pursued before adjournment. He approved a separate beauty parlor license measure for its general application.
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Hammill
Civil War anniversaries observed in Washington today
Washington veterans mark Civil War milestones on April 6 with a G A R and W A C gathering. The program recalls Shiloh battle starting April 6, 1862, and Lee’s surrender at Appomattox ending the war. Rev Simon Gingery of Wayland visited yesterday.
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America
Germany
Washington
Shiloh
D. J. Palmer
Lee
Appomattox
Simon Gingery
Wayland
Keeley Reports Progress of Litigation Undertaken for City
City solicitor W M Keeley summarizes last year’s litigation for Washington Iowa. He details Buell case with Mo rison motions pending and a bank deposit dispute against Farmers and Merchants State Bank and its receiver. He defends pursuing preference for public deposits to maximize city recoveries and urges continued lawful action for taxpayers.
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Keeley
W. M. Keeley
Washington
Iowa
BUELL
W. EF. Buel & Co
District Court
City OF Washington
Merchants State Bank
Iown
Supreme Court
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Thompson elected mayor of Chicago in 82,000 victory
William Hale Thompson wins Chicago mayoralty for a third term with an 82 000 vote edge over Democratic incumbent William Dever and independent challenger John Dill Robertson. Returns show Thompson 512 740 Dever 429 668 Robertson 61 209 amid record turnout and riots feared but mostly quelled.
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Thompson
Chicago
Dover
William Hale ‘Thompson
America
William &. Dover
John Dill Robertson
Democratic Party
Dever
Tony
Devor
Robertson
County Spelling Contest Draws Forty-One contestants
On Saturday at two o clock forty one boys and girls from Washington county rural schools compete at the Junior High for a county representative in the Des Moines Register spelling contest at the state capital. An exhibit of country school work runs at the courthouse all day. The event uses written and oral rounds with staged eliminations and a final written round to determine the winner.
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Washington County
Des Moines Register
Court House
Enougd
Indicted Men Post Bond After Arraignment
All three men named by the grand jury John Grecian R B Fry and A Carter posted the required bonds and were released. Their trials were continued and likely set for the September term of district court before Judge Henry Wagner.
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Henry Wagner
John Grecian
R. 8. Fry
A. Carter
Style Show Delights Washington Audience At Graham
I Rothschild and the BE M Bridens Co stage a spring fashion display at the Graham theater. Living models paraded in new costumes under a center arch with Mrs Cleo Williamson at the piano. Col Frank Macon auctioned Mary Louise Harwood’s outfit after the show, with purchases by Cherry Meekihinney Frank Blakesley Floyd Bauer Ode Ferguson.
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Cleo Williamson
Washington
Frank Blakesley
Floyd Bauer
Ode Ferguson
Drese
Mary Louise Harwood
Mary Louise
Rumor Changes in Road No 2 Route
A persistent rumor circulates in Washington C county about alterations to the Road No 2 route. No official confirmation or details are provided.
Rabenold of Keota Calls on Local Business
HOF Rabenold of Keota visited as a business caller here today, meeting local merchants and discussing community matters.
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Hof. Rabenold of
Keota
Mayor and Senator Attend Leon Beatty American Legion Meeting
Senator S W Brookhart and Mayor John W Applegate visited the Leon Beatty post regular meeting. Brookhart explained pension and compensation laws and potential legislation of interest to Legionaires while the lunch and mind reading act provided entertainment. Plans for a Legion Auxiliary party were announced as the drum and bugle corps trains twice weekly under Director Jack Ream.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion
S. W. Brookhart
Post
John W. Applegate
Lesgion
Legionaireg
Clarence Jacobs
Ralph Moothart
Dale Atkinson
Prince
Legion Auxiliary
Leon Peatty
Jack Ream
State highway route change eyed for No 2 cross state road
Rumored plan by state highway officials would shift No 2 east and north of Washington, bypassing Washington Ainsworth Columbus Junction and other towns. The proposed line would run nearly straight from Muscatine to Sigourney with a slight southwest tilt toward Muscatine.
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Nheat
Washington
Aineworth
Columbus Junction
Muscatine
Sigourney
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Wyoming
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Hamilton
Genera
Morrison & Morrison
B. J. Flick
Havner
Bill
New Associates
Big Hill
Thompon
Sherman
Fred Lundin
Lundin
Jno. Dill Robertson
Robert K. Crowe
Crowe-Barrett
Charles 8. Deneen
Deneen
Edward J. Brundage
State Coalition
Len Small
Middle-West
Frank O. Lowden
Lowden
Tigaway
TON and Ainsworth
Washington C County
Legion
Brookhart and Applegath
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