Demand for Raskob resignation as Democratic chair
Senator Simmons, NC Democratic leader who bolted the party, charged that John J. Raskob’s $65,900 donation to the association aiding the prohibition amendment is used to elect wet lawmakers and defeat dry candidates. He warned Raskob cannot separate his views from party leadership and called his senate lobby testimony “astonishing.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Furnifold M. Simmons
North Carolina
Simmons
Raskob
Prohibition
Simhe
Senate Lobby Committee
George Horridge Dies at Vinton Iowa
Mrs J M Bratton and Mrs Bratton announce the death of their brother in law George Horridge of Vinton Iowa after a lingeringillness He would have been 88 in May funeral services are set for Tuesday afternoon at 3 oclock in the Presbyterian Church at Vinton Mrs Horridge formerly Miss Carrie Smythe a sister of Mrs Bratten and a former resident of Washington Mary Roberts attended Brown Gardener wedding and visited at the Rob erty home over the weekend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sar
JM. Bratton
George Horride
Vinton
Towa
Hordee
Vieek
Presbyterian Church At
Winton
Winton. Mrs. Horridge
Mian Carre Smythe
Bratten
Washington
Mary Roberts
Town University
Carl Roberty
Brown-Gardner
Methodists Make Substantial Gain In Sunday School Contest
The United Presbyterian and Methodist Sunday Schools competition swung toward the Methodists with higher attendance. Yesterday Methodist men reached 172, United Presbyterians 98, reducing the Methodist lead from prior weeks. The contest runs three more Sundays ending in late April as both sides push to extend or narrow the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterians
United Presbyterian
Methodist
Methodists
Anit- Presbyterian
U. P
Brookhart Presses Prohibition Address After Delays
Senator Brookhart maintains plans to deliver a prohibition address in Washington as mounting pressure from Tydings and Maryland figures grows. The dry advocate has faced shifting schedules and data-driven tabulations while awaiting a suitable moment to respond to the attack on prohibition and discuss the Volstead Act and the 18th amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hasioona
Genetoe Brockhart
Stalwart
Republican
Maryland
Tyas Inga
Brookhart
Plan Schedules for Two Iowa Schools
Southeastern Iowa teachers met in Burlington to set junior college and high school sports schedules for the upcoming school year. Junior College dates include football and basketball with events at Muscatine Burlington Bloomfield Albia and Graceland. high school football lists games at Oskaloosa Ottumwa Ft Madison Muscatine Solon Burlington Fairfield Keokuk and Mt Pleasant. Little Six Basketball is planned with multiple matches through January and February alongside tennis and golf events at Burlington and Bloomfield.
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Southeastern Iowa
Burlington
Life Six
Lunior College Foothalh
Bloomfield
Muscatine
Graceland
Albia
Alba
Oskaloosa Hie
Ottumwather
Madison
Solon
Fairfield
Keokuk
Mt Pleasant
Little Six
Ottumwa
Mt. Pleasant
Washington
Mt. Plesant
Muscatsne
Ottumway
Fear and Disorder as Chicago Heads to Polls
Chicago voters brace for tense polls as police plan 12 hour shifts and extra polling place guards. Ruth Hanna McCormick and Charles S. Deneen trade charges in the final day of campaigning over World Court and League of Nations issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sta
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Charles S. Dexeen
United States
Ponce
Board of Election Commissioners
Hes
World Court
Riff
McCormick
Rotary Club Hears Excerpts From London Play
Rotarians viewed excerpts from the University of Utahs Men's club play So This Is London to be staged at the high school Thursday and Friday. The club heard cast members discuss the entertainment, and reaction was enthusiastic. Tickets are selling well with several hundred already bought and more expected before showtime. Tickets are available at area stores and the Journal office, with no charge for day-before reservations at Phillips Hebner. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Morrison head to Des Moines for the Iowa Independent Telephone association convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rotary Club
Thi Hoon
North Side
Klein Klothing Co
Journal Office
Y's Men's Club
Phillips & Hebner’s Drug Store
Lloyd —Morrison
Des Moines
Morrison
Iowa Independent Telephone Association
Ft. Des Moines
Ron Argumen
Norris
Friends of Enforcement
Mitchell
Congress
Atlanta
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Kansas
Treasury
Wheeler
Montana
Prohibition
One Man Pays Alimony to Four Wives Seeks Relief
LOS ANGELES April 7 A man, Spafford Wycoff, 38, supports four wives with monthly alimony payments. Mrs Vera Wycoff Bailey receives 150 for a son. Mrs Adelaide Rance Wycoff gets 20 for a son. Mrs Leona Wycoff Tannish receives 23 for a son. Mrs Mary Wycoff gets 100, prompting Wycoff to protest in superior court. Judge Walter Guerin refused his plea for reduction, citing income of about 200 monthly from an eastern estate.
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Los Angeles
Spafford Wychoff
Vera Wycoff Bailey
Wycoff
Adelaide Rance Wycoff
Leona Wycoff Tannish
Mary Wycoff
Wheoff
Walter Guerin
Orators to Compete in Washington Junior College Event
Six Junior College students seven, four boys and two girls, will compete Tuesday at eight in the high school auditorium in the annual Washington Junior College oratorical contest. Prizes are offered by the Washington Rotary club. Original ovations will be delivered by contestants, including titles such as The Twenty Ci… and A Plea For the Atmosphere, with names like Gene Turner Morrison Zeckbury Boy Priseta and George Forward among participants.
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Washington Junior College
Washington Rotary Club
Eive
Cile Fisher
Atmete
Gene Turner
Morrison
Zeckbury
Priseta
George Forward Step
Everstine Lawrence Mekuneir Taylor
Boneta
Henry Hull
Schools Reopen After Spring Lay-Off
Public schools in Washington resumed this morning after the annual spring vacation of a week. All teachers were present except Lincoln school principal Miss Charlotte Foster of Plainfield who is ill and expected to be off a week, and kindergarten teacher Miss Olga Miller of Norway Iowa who was detained here today by illness.
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Washington Public Schools
Charlotte Foster
Plainfield
Lincoln School
Olga Miller
Norway
Iowa
Dickerson Attends St Louis Convention Summary
Dickerson attends St Louis convention linking Dickerson to the Penney Co. founder Blaney and Emmadine Farms owner. Mentions Penney Co managers, club activities, and a 1000 acre project in the south. Notes Mrs Ed Gibson of Chicago visiting due to her sister Miss Gertrude Kendall’s illness.
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Iocal
Blaney
Penney Co
Notionsily
Keown
Etiiles
Nilertewel
Iestece
Ae Eastoral Davatopssent Orkitr Penney
Oristan Herata Publishing
Emmadine Farms
O'Aa
Eevee
Sons of
Ed Gibson
Chicago
Gertrude Kendail
Pacific Coast Air Demonstration Launches Mass Attack Drill
At Mather Field California on April 7 the air corps staged a make believe attack from Antioch to San Francisco Bay. General William E. Mitimore directed 136 fighters in a simulated strike to test radio directed air operations and mass attack capability amid high altitude maneuvers for the week ahead.
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Mather Field
Crisseveld
San Francogo
Provioienst
Unitn States Army Air Corps
Willam E. Aitimore
Sattpian
Air Kerrice
Forendesvous
Antioch
Concord
Berkeley
San Francisco
Tod
United States
Severa
HM. Elemdory
95Th Pursuit Squadron
Court Re Convenes on the Eldridge Trial
The Eldridge case against the Rock Island railway resumed this afternoon with Jude Beehly re convened and the trial continuing. Engineer Morrisey testified about the gas electric car involved in the collision and the examination by Attorney D Morrison for the plaintiff.
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Jude Beehly
Dis
Eldridge
Rock Island Railway
Morrisey
D Morrison
Girls Championship Play Tonight at High School
This evening the championship game in the girls class series will be held at the high school. The teams finished tied for first after the round robin. An admission fee of ten cents will be charged.
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Woven
Washington High Shows Promise After Iowa City Meet
Washington high school track team returns from the indoor Iowa City meet Saturday with renewed confidence for the outdoor season. The squad, largely green, impressed with potential as they prepare for Cedar Falls on April 19 and the Drake Relays, Bloomfield, Burlington Little Six, and Fairfield district meets on successive weekends. Grandparents Earl and Mrs Redlinger greet their first grandson born Sunday at the county hospital.
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Washington
Iowa City
Musetine
Burlington
Fairfield
Town City
Cedar Falls
Bloomfield
Schultz
M. J. Redlinger
County Hospital
Earl Redlinger
Mrs. Redlinger
Corporations Plan Spending of Another Billion This Season
Washington reports indicate government economists raised 1930 construction estimates by about one billion dollars with Secretary Klein noting 11 billion will be spent by public and private interests on building and maintenance. Construction, Klein says, creates jobs and stabilizes the economy through its broad, far reaching effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Klein
Brooks Finds Cold in His Garden and Gold
W. J. Brooks spent days in his garden uncovering coins worth eighty dollars in gold from 1842 to 1889. He found a twenty dollar piece and a ten dollar piece on Saturday and three tens and a twenty during the forenoon. The origin of the gold remains a mystery as he toiled over the plot, where love on the ground gave up its treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Brooks
Hawks Land Glider In New York After Cross Country Trip
The flier who also holds the record for a cross country glide lands in New York after a bold journey. Police monitored the arrival as crowds cheered with the pilot explaining wind currents and meeting a radio audience. Meanwhile Mrs Kate Miller of St Louis learned from her son Barclay Miller that her mother in law Mrs Emery Hengelsburg had died following injuries from an accident last month.
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Hawks
New York
Iamie Toner
Avila
Serarhasi
Bane
Fitire
Geiaa
Kate After
Barclay Miller
St. Louis
Emery Hengelsburg
Hengelsburg
Young People Lead Sunday Service at United Presbyterian
The church youth society led Sunday evening worship at United Presbyterian Church with Irene DeLong presiding. Members occupied the pulpit delivering talks on My Church including Why I Need It by Elizabeth Sherman What I Can Give It by Jane Godfrey and Why I Like It by David Fulton.
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Te United Presbyterian Church
Young People's Society
Irene DeLong
Talkaere
Elizabeth Shereman
Jane Godfrey
David Fulton
Catherine Coulter
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Vinton, Iowa
Ckhart
Unior Colege
Whirlwind
Dickerson
Pacific Coast
W. J. Brooks
ATTY
Department of Justice
Coolidge
Church IN Charge
United Presbyterian Church
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