No Fieldhouse Planned for High Schools in Des Moines
Des Moines April 13 The Iowa high school athletic association will not build its own fieldhouse for the state final basketball tournament. Executive Secretary George A. Brown says the association is not incorporated and will consider only structures offered, aiming for capacity near 12 000. Options include enlarging Drake fieldhouse or using the poultry building at the state fair grounds, with rent free Iowa City fieldhouse offered but not preferred.
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Des Moines
Town High School Athletic Association
George A. Brown
Brown
Drake Fieldhouse
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Board of Control
Capitol City
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Junior High Boys Play Softball Tilts
Boys in junior high are split by their former grade school to form teams. Heights beat Lincoln 14 to 18, Lincoln defeated Wallace 30 to 19. Heights and Wallace square off this afternoon with a second round set for Friday and Saturday.
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Heights
Lincoln
Wallace
Hawkeye delegation to travel to Chicago for football game
Iowa City reports the Hawkeye delegation including students band and Scottish Highlander bagpipe unit will make its official 1938 appearance October 15 at the Iowa Chicago football game in Chicago. The out-of-town game was approved by university officials with President Eugene A Gilmore’s consent. Transportation plans are underway and Chicago loop district parade is planned. It will be the first Iowa-Chicago Big Ten game since 1928 and the first Chicago appearance of a team coached by Irl Tubbs.
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Iowa City
Chicago
Eugene A. Gilmore
Loop
Iowa
Irl Tubbs
Of Human Hearts at State theater attracts attention
Local notices report Rev W J Stevens and family visiting Collins Iowa returning home tomorrow. Iowa lines worker Howard Messer injured by a high voltage shock but recovering. Shoppers list residents visiting Washington and area. a household goods sale planned at 217 West Tyler Street. a New Kensington pastor visits relatives while on leave. Ice cream specials are listed.
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W. J. Stevens
Collins
Iowa
D. F. Macon
Joe Snyder
Pleasant Plain
Jim Long
Brighton
Washington
Bob Hertzler
R Burlington
William Masters
Morning Sun
Raperta
Ted Dalton
Armand Mueller
Iowaington
Swift
Pioneer Drug Store
Ray Stewart
Keota
Emil Peiffer
North English
George W. Gipple
Winfield
Walter Duvall
Howard Messer
Wellman
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Eggs
Reister Bros
W. H. Spera
Kermit Spera
Roy Miller
Marvin
J. W. Edwards
Decatur
Edwards
Miller
Fred Blick
United Presbyterian Church
New Kensington
L. E. Blick
Pleasant Inn
Mother and Fifteenth Baby Die at Sioux City
Funeral services will be held for Mrs Daisy Sturges, 36, and her fifteenth child, a 2 day old son, in Sioux City. The infant died two hours after the mother, following an infection that began a month ago.
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Sioux City
Daisy Sturges
Bands Parade at Drake Relays Draw 2000 Musicians
Des Moines April 13 about 500 bands totaling 2000 musicians will join the Drake Relays parade and massed concert on April 30 under Drake University band director Gordon Bird. Karl King will guest conduct the event with a feature King March and other guest conductors guiding bands from towns across Iowa and several Des Moines high schools and junior highs attending. Event organizers report strong entry interest and expect a large field rivaling 1937. Admission prices remain unchanged with various sections offering box seats reserved and unreserved seating for both Friday and Saturday events.
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Des Moines
Gordon Bird
Drake University
Karl King
National Bandmaster’s Association
Drake
King
Allerton
Radcliffe
Shannon City
Eagle Grove
Aglington
Corning
Audubon
Gilman
New Sharon
Lavern
Lake City
Garner
Pocahontas
Lime Springs
Yale
New London
Marble Rock
Fontanelle
Webster City
State Center
Winterset
Roosevelt
Lincoln
East
Woodrow Wilson
Washington Irving
Warren Harding
Callahan
Amos Hiatt
Texas
Minnesota
F. P
Pitch
Crade School
Matthews Recalls Late Spring Snows in Washington County
J. O. Matthews recalls April and May snow storms in Washington county that caused little crop damage. He notes the snows melted quickly and compares them with a harsher 12 to 13 years earlier when an April snowfall killed robins and larks, yet crops later revived.
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J. O. Matthews
Washington County
Journal
Forty-Two Boys Hike to Hig Rock on the Creek
Forty two grade school boys joined a YMCA spring vacation hike toward Hig Rock on the creek south of town. Leaders for the outing were Gene Trask Howard Little and Bob Lowe guiding the younger hikers through the country setting.
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Hig Rock
Gene Trask
Howard Little
Bob Lowe
Brookhart Forms Group to Promote Chemical Crops
Former Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa announced a new organization to aid farmers by encouraging cultivation of chemical crops. The Agricultural Chemical Association will push growing castor plants for insecticide leaves, stalks for paper pulp, and beans for oil, to aid agricultural relief.
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Washington, DD
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
The
Agricultural Chemical Association
Anthracite Coal Formed From Peat Layer Deep Under Earth
A 40 foot peat bed was compressed into a one foot layer producing anthracite coal. The process shows how ancient vegetation transformed into hard coal through long geological pressure and time.
American Home Sections Choose Officers for Next Year
Three sections of American Home met to elect officers for the coming year. Section 1 elected Mrs. Harry Dye as leader, Mrs. Della Miller as assistant, and Mrs. H. M. Shaver as secretary-treasurer with 42 members present. Section 2, led by Mrs. Fred L. Stewart, elected Mrs. Ted Crone as leader, Mrs. M. J. Cruise as assistant, and Elsie Bratten as secretary-treasurer with 22 members and 5 guests. Section 3 reelected Mrs. Glenn Wilson as leader, with Mrs. John Winga as assistant and Mrs. Bert Pringle as secretary-treasurer. plans included a cancer control donation and upcoming events in Iowa City and at the county Federation meeting.
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American Home Department
American Home
Clara Huber
C. B. Strong
Harry Dye
Della Miller
H. M. Shaver
Georgia Larson
W. J. Masson
Maude Stuart
W. H. Brinning
Olive Campbell
James Marsh
America Home
Co. FE. Schmitt
William Sloat
Russell W. Johnson
Frank Bell
Henry Bailey
Kenneth Lemran
Fred L. Stewart
C. P. Weldin
Ted Crone
M. J. Cruise
Elsie Bratten
Ebe. Stutsman
Ed Hammer
Frances Minick
Orville Elder
Mra Stutsman
Richard Johnson
M. C. DeLong
Richard McCleery
Augusta Lester
Section 3
Will Hemminga
Doris Leffler
O. Henry
Glenn Wilson
John Winga
Bert Pringle
Cancer Control Committee
Iowa City
County Federation
Presbyterian Shurch
Burl Pringle
R. G. Cherry
Camp Fire Meeting Held At Y Woman's Room
A Camp Fire meeting was held in the Y women's room with the group opening by singing Oh Wohelp. They reviewed old business, planned an ice cream sale at school, and set committees for food, setup, and cleanup. A Faster breakfast is planned for Saturday morning at the Y. Nan Hoover spoke on Campfire Business Meetings.
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Nan Hoover
Joan Michels
Martha Crossett
Eleanor Tucker
Jean Atchison
Doris Beatty
Dorreen Long
Mrs E E Norris Dies in Naperville
Mrs. E E Norris former Washington resident died Monday in Naperville Tl after six years away from Washington. She had been in poor health since leaving town and became an invalid after a fall three years ago. She lived with Rev and Mrs B Phillips in Naperville and belonged to the Baptist Church.
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E. E. Norris
Washington
Naperville
Norris
Graham
B. Phillips
The
Baptist Church
Site of Cincinnati Reveals ancient mound builders center
The Cincinnati site described as the center of an ancient mound builders civilization emerges in early reports, highlighting historic earthworks and prehistoric habitation near the Ohio region.
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Cincinnati
Misses Shearer Honored at Several Washington Parties
Mame and Cade B. Shearer of Green Castle Indiana, former Washington residents, are the guests of honor at multiple gatherings this week in Washington. Hostesses Mrs Clifford Thorne and Mrs Dc A Boice led a Chafing Dish club party, Edith and Tina Shields hosted a dinner, Ella Warren gave a courtesy luncheon, and the Dawsons opened their home for an open house in honor of the sisters during their visit.
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Mame
Cade B. Shearer
Green Castle
Ind
Washington
Clifford Thorne
Dc. A. Boice
Mrs Thorne
Ella Warren
Shearer
Dawson
Four Guests Meet With Booster Club
Four guests Mrs. Sam Munson Mrs. Walter Jarrard Ruth Foater and Martha Irene Whitaker attended a booster club gathering with eighteen members at Mrs. George Jarrard home yesterday afternoon. Entertainment games organized by Mrs. Orley Page and Mrs. Ralph Stewart awarded prizes to Mrs. Harry Donaldson Mrs. Leo Marie and Mrs. Sam Munson. A flower exchange preceded a one course refreshment service by the hostess Velma Jarrard Foster and Ruth Foster. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Charles Barthelow home with a request to bring baby pictures.
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Sam Munson
Walter Jarrard
Ruth Foater
Martha Irene Whitaker
Booster Club
George Jarrard
Orley Page
Ralph Stewart
Harry Donaldson
Leo Marie
Velma
Ruth Foster
Charles Barthelow
Many Happy Returns Birthday List From Havre Area
A birthday notice lists Wilma Jean Beenblossom four years old and Beverly Jean Ebner seven with Kenneth Dean Ebner listed as a sibling. The notice also mentions A B Atchison Mrs Bertha Perdock Elda Gray Stella Thompson Keola Melvin Edward Brenneman Jess Curtis and Leon Lester Lease as having birthdays today.
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Wilma Jean Beenblossom
Leslie Beenblossom
Havre
Beverly Jean
Kenneth Dean
Myr
Louis Ebner
Ainsworth
Bertha Perdock
Elda Gray
Stella Thompson
Keola
Melvin Edward Brenneman
Douglas
Jess Curtis
Candlelight Service Unites Knox DeWitt in Washington
In a candlelit ceremony at the bride’s cousin home near Washington, M. Ruth Knox and Laurence DeWitt wed before 30 guests with Dr. F. W. Eastwood officiating. The bride wore light blue lace over white tafetta with pearls. sister Lucille Knox sang. best man was Paul McGraw. A reception followed and the couple left for a honeymoon, planning to reside at 117% South Marion Avenue.
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M. Ruth Knox
W. Knox
Oakland
Cal
Laurence DeWitt
Mary DeWitt
Washington
W. R. DeWitt
Fredonia
Will Kendrick
F. W. Eastwood
Presbyterian Church
Ellen Knox
Paul McGraw
South
Marion Avenue
Dewitt
Washington High School
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
C. W. McLaughlin
C. A. Bolee
Talleyrand
G. M Holland
L. R. Littrell
Jean
Columbus Junction
Som, Paul
St Pauls Evangelical Ladies Sponsor Food Sale
St Pauls evangelical ladies sponsor a food sale at Washington Cleaners. 4813 W McFadden traveled to St Louis to buy merchandise for the Miller shoe store and will return tonight.
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St. Paul's Evangelical Ladies
Washington Cleaners
W. C. McFadden
St Louis
Miller Shoe
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