Ohio coal mine strike triggers guard call in Akron
Four companies of the Ohio National Guard were ordered to Akron to be ready for a call to eastern Ohio coal strike duty after a picket was shot at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co mine in Cadiz. In Cadiz, rifles and shotguns fired as guards and deputies moved to aid nonstrikers. One man, Walter Kimball, 50, of Bradley, died. several were injured and vehicles damaged as strikers attacked miners en route to work.
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Columbus
145Th Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Akron
Ohio
Somers
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Cadiz
Adena
INS
Ohio National
Weather outlook shows fair skies with light east frosts
The forecast calls for fair conditions with light frosts in the east and the day turning somewhat warmer by Friday. Clear skies and mild temperatures are expected across the region with no precipitation anticipated.
Club Women Plan Meetings In Washington And Local Run
Two local federated club notices announce the county federation convention in Washington on May 4 and the Fortnightly club general meeting at 2 39 p m on Thursday April 21 in the east room of the YY. Delegates to the county convention and to the Seattle federation meeting in June will be elected. Large attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Clubs
Washington
Seattle
Eva Burham Added to Theater Party Invite List
An omission left Eva Burham off the invitation list for tonight's theater party. She submitted 2,650 ballots and is eligible. She will report to the Evening Journal office at 7 30 this evening to join the invited group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Burham
Evening Journal
Buick Damaged as Car Fire Sparks on Marion Avenue
A Buick owned by R. E. Shannon sustained minor damage after gasoline leaked from the car on North Marion Avenue and ignited. A chemical extinguisher controlled the blaze before firefighters arrived.
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R. E. Shannon
Marion Avenue
Court Session Delayed as Foreclosure Cases Settle
Judge D. W. Hamilton of Grinnell arrived in Washington to hear equity cases but none had reached trial by early afternoon. Efforts were underway to settle the foreclosure actions on the assignment first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Hamilton
Grinnell
Washington
Thase
Junior College Debate Tourney Set in Washington
The junior college debate tournament will be held in Washington with rounds at 2 30 PM and finals at 7 30 PM. Teams from Muscatine Centerville Burlington and Washington junior colleges will compete and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Muscatine
Centerville
Burlington
New Fingerprint Powder Application in St. Louis
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police adopt a new fingerprint powder claimed to lift prints from blotters. It was perfected by Lieut. Ira C. Barend, a retired United States Army officer.
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ST. Louis
Ira C. Barend
United States Army
Explosion at Ohio state office building kills three
Three workmen died and at least 32 were injured when a blast wrecked Ohio's new 5 million dollar state office building in Columbus. The explosion, believed caused by gag, occurred this afternoon after two women from Oskaloosa attended a missionary convention in West Chester.
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Ohio State
Columbus
Ohio
Lydia Ohle
Laura Foehlinger
Oskaloosa
West Chester
O. KE. Sehmits
Oskaloora
Iowa Conference Focuses on Child Welfare in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the Iowa white house conference on child health and protection drawing 1 500 teachers doctors officials and parents. Reports from committees will guide a general plan for state reform and coordination with other states for a national program. Governor Dan Turner urged broad support to safeguard youth with health education and crime prevention alongside basic needs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa White House
Towa
Dan Turner
Iowa winter wheat production seen down in 1932 report
The April 1 crop report by USDA statistician Leslie M. Carl indicates Iowa will harvest 5,000,000 bushels of winter wheat this year compared with 6,826,000 last year. Cold March weather and a March freeze reduced growth, with 6 percent of seeded acreage abandoned and rye and pastures also showing weaker conditions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
U. S. Department of Agriculture Statistician
Carl
Anly
Entries Planned for Southeastern Iowa District Music Contest
Over thirty schools are expected to enter the southeastern Iowa district music contest to be held in Washington on April 22 and 23. Supt. J. H. Peet announces the tentative list with Muscatine already stating 75 attendees. sessions occur at Washington High School and the Presbyterian church, Friday through Saturday.
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Washington
Supt
J. H. Peet
Milburn A. McKay
Washington High School
Presbyterian Church
Muscatine
Winfield
Springdale
Blakesburg
Davenport
Mt. Pleasant
Shueyville
Tin Can Gathering Set to Start Monday Mayor Announces
Mayor John W. Applegate said city workers will begin their annual tin can gathering excursion next week on Monday. Trucks will start in the north end and move south to visit all homes, requesting cans be placed in alley containers for easy pickup and urging a city wide clean-up week with yard waste disposal and avoidance of grass on streets to protect sewers and aid street cleaning efforts.
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John W. Applegate
Applegate
Forc
Reported Farm Rentals Show Higher Rent-To-Value Ratios
Last year rents fell short of land values but the rent to land value ratio rose. Average cash rent is $6.00 per acre versus $7.30 previously. The rent to land value ratio stands at 6.6 percent this year, up from 0.5 percent in 1931.
Sunday School Workers Plan for State Convention at Shenandoah
Sunday school workers prepare for the sixty seventh state convention to be held in Shenandoah April 20 22 Leaders address topics on modern Christian education temperance and world affairs Dr O W Warmingham and Dr B E Praetorius headline the program Elementary and young people workshops feature Miss Hazel A Lewis and Roy A Burkhart County delegate Vernon Witting promotes wide county participation An award honors the largest delegate count times mileage from the church
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Shenandoah
O. W. Warmingham
Department of Bible
Boston University
BE. W. Praetorius
Board of Religious Education
Hazel A. Lewis
Christian Board of Publication
St. Louis
Young People's Workers
Roy A. Burkhart
Young People's Work
International Council of Religious Education
Chicago
Vernon Witting
County Council of Religious Education
Figures for State on Supervisor Expenses Show Decrease
A legislative committee reports county supervisors expenses rose only 25 percent from 1920 to 1929 while total county expenses grew 30 percent. 1929 figures list Polk $13,400 more in population adjusted terms. Linn shows low costs with three supervisors. Dubuque and Black Hawk illustrate large area effects.
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Boards of Supervisors
Woodbury County
Scott County
Polk
Woodbury
Linn County
Linn
Dubque
Clinton, Lee
Wapello
Welster
Potawattamie
Scott
Black Bank
Dubuque
Black Hawk
Black Hawk County
Beverly Hills Jury Hears On Whitney And Wall Street Gang
In Beverly Hills a senate grand jury session hears from Whitney amid bets on the country’s fate. The questioning aims to uncover names of leading figures accused of backing a failed financial scheme. The tone hints at corruption involving influential men.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Senate Grand Jury
Whitney
Wall Street
High School Orchestra Delivers Fine Centennial Concert
Last night the high school orchestra, directed by Milburn A. McKay, presented a strong program ahead of the district music contest. Highlights included Hadley’s Herod overture and Rimsky Korsakoff’s Scheherazade movement, plus Handel’s Largo from Xerxes and Cadman’s Awake Awake among others. Soloists William Stewart and Miss Veid Parcell impressed, and the concert closed with America.
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Milburn A. McKay
Hadley
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Horlick
George Washington
William Stewart
Acc
Veid
Parcell
Helen Coffey
America
Man Rogers again peddles forged doctor signatures in Iowa
A man named Rogers signs physician names to checks presented as deposits to buy autos. This week checks bearing the forged signature of Dr. C. A. Boice of Washington were cashed for 32 and 49 dollars, moving from Burlington and Keokuk to Washington. Rogers reportedly carried the same scheme in Washington and Sigourney last week.
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Rogers
Iowa
Washington
Burlington
Keokuk
Nelson, 89, Civil War Veteran Dies in Keota
William Nelson died at 9:20 last night at his Keota home. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p m in the United Presbyterian church. He was well known locally and visited Washington April 6 for a Grand Army dinner. He is survived by daughter Mrs. Frank Pringle of Washington. He had been bedfast since Friday night.
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William Nelson
Keota
United Presbyterian Church
Nelson
Washington
Women's Relief Corps
Baptist Church
Frank Pringle
Counties Cut Supervisors Expense In 1929 Compared To 1920
In 1929 about one fourth of Iowa counties reduced supervisors expenses from 1920 levels. Woodbury Vapello Pay Wright Washington Buchanan Floyd Cherokee O'Brien Henry Guthrie Greene Jefferson Mills Grundy Mitchell Humboldt Ida Worth Davis Dickinson Adams Clarke Osceola showed lower costs, while Crawford and Jackson remained higher with expenses of 11 600 and 10 690 respectively.
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Woodbury
Vapello
Pay
Wright
Washington
Buchanan
Floyd
Cherokee
O'Brien
Henry Guthrie
Greene
Jefferson Mills Grundy
Mitchell
Humboldt
Ida
Worth
Davis
Dickinson Adams
Clarke and
Osceola
Officer Tracks European Clues In Lindbergh Case
Vienna reports Major Schoeffel studied underworld fingerprints and symbols as part of a European lead on the Lindbergh kidnaping. New York agents trace a $20 bill linked to the ransom to its source, while Halifax searches for Detroit gang figure Harry Fleischer amid ongoing case developments.
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Scotland Yard
Charles Schoeffel
New Jersey
International News Service
Vienna
INS
International
Charles H. Schoeffel
Europe
Atlantic
Bill
New York
Ederal Secret Service
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
John ¥. Condon
Fleischer
Halifax
N. S
Harry Fleischer
Czar
Detroit
Purple Gang
Nova Scotia
Fernfield
Clark’s Harbor
Tod
Plead Not Guilty to Murder Charge
Robert Prooks and Tom Ward pleaded not guilty in municipal court to murder charges filed over the death of Dr. W. T. Hemonhill a Knoxville dentist. Prooks 21 and Ward 25 were arraigned in Des Moines ta April 14 on the case.
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Des Moines Ta
Robert Prooks
Tom Ward
W. T. Hemonhill
Knoxville
Fatal East Side blaze kills mother and five children
A match in benzine accidentally caused a fatal fire in a New York East Side tenement. The blaze claimed the life of a mother and her five children.
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New York
Berzine
Mission Meeting Held by Washington Baptist Society
The Women s Missionary Society of the Washington Baptist association held an all day session at the local Baptist church. Visiting missionary Miss Fanny Holman spoke, on furlough from Nellore girls high and elementary schools in South India under the Woman s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Representatives from Kalona Wellman Prairie Flowers and Washington churches attended.
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Women’s Missionary Society of the
Washington Baptist Association
Baptist
Fanny Holman
Miss Holman
Nellore
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Union Miners Today
Kirst Poppy
Betty Joan Christian
Harold D. de Coe
Hoover
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Betty
Th E
Veterans’ Home For Widows and
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Evangelical Church
Cleveland
Legislative Committee On
Polk County
McNaughs Syndicate
WM Nelson
Crawford
Jackson
U.S
Major Schoeffel
Washington Church
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