Pneumonia Claims Renowned Airman Floyd Bennett
Floyd Bennett died of double pneumonia at Quebec’s Jeffrey Hale hospital after suffering ill health and aiding Bremen relief efforts. Col. Richard Byrd and Col. Lindbergh attempted serum treatment, but Bennett faded at 10:45 a.m. His wife and Byrd planned funeral arrangements.
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Que
Floyd Bennett
Jeffrey Hale
America
Glen Falls
N. Y
Virgin Hollow
Here
Floyd Bennet
United Press
J. B.russell
Lake George
Bennett
Detroit
Bremen
Greenly Island
Richard E. Byrd
North Pole
Colonel Dennison
New York
Lindbergh Prepares Return Flight From Quebec
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh leaves the Quebec flying field at 11:22 am for the return trip to New York after learning of Bennett’s death. A large crowd gathers as snow and crowd congestion slow the famed flyer on the plains of Abraham.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
America
New York
Quebec
Bennett
Byrd
Boston
South Pole
Undbergh
Air
Bremen
Steenly Island
Lindbergh
W. H. Delany
Laindbergs
Plains of Abraham
Airdrome
Road Contracts Awarded by Board for Iowa Highways
Iowa state highway commission awarded contracts totaling 481354.23 for paving bridges and culverts on primary highways. Largest paving deals go to F L Busehie Construction Omaha for 5.468 miles on US71 in Montgomery county for 143378.95, Wright Construction Des Moines for 5.005 miles in Iowa county for 131393.39, and Ulrick Paley Dubuque for 1.39 miles on US161 in Cascade Dubuque county for 39588.90.
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Ames
Iowa
Dubuque
Montgomery Counties
Cedar, Harrison
Henry
Lyon
Montgomery
Pottawattamie
Taylor
Wayne Counties
F. L. Busehie Construction Company
Omaha
Montgomery County
Wright Construction Company
Des Moines
Ulrick Paley Company
United States
Mystery Play to Be Offered Here in May
Washington high school plans a senior class production of The Cat and Canary, a noted mystery drama. Dates set for May 7 and 18 with rehearsals to start soon under Richard McCleery, who directs. Cast selected from keen competition and will feature unusual stage effects for thrills.
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Washington
Richard McCleery
McCleery
Four Moros Electrocuted at Manila Penitentiary
Four Moros accused of a serious crime were electrocuted at the Manila penitentiary today. They had requested to die in the Muslim manner but Governor General Stimson refused the plea. The natives had asked for death by the busbus method, where the victim is tied to a tree, a cross slashed on the abdomen, and left to bleed.
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Manilla
P. I
Stimson
Dog Extinguishes Cigarette Butts in Horbury Street
A brave dog trained to fight fire helps put out matches and cigar ends dropped by passersby in Horbury near Wakestfield England. The incident shows the animal’s quick response to flare ups and its role in preventing fires on the street.
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Horbury
Wakestfield
England
Cold weather hinders Iowa oats and wheat crops
Des Moines reports this week shows freezing temperatures retard oats growth across Iowa with many acres re-seeded yet likely to be plowed for corn. Winter wheat damage along the Missouri border prompts plowing to corn. Alfalfa and clover suffer, grass growth stalls, and hogs lambs and chicks face continued losses while fruit remains fair except in southern counties. Cherries bloom in Lee county.
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Reed
Missouri River
Woodbury County
Lee
Miniature Movies Delights Y Mens Club Meeting
Last night at the Y s Men s Club a new club orchestra performed as members played piano and strings. Fred Downing presented sixty foot miniature films on a small screen showing local news events and comedies including the Legion Drum and Bugle Corps Ford car activities and Red Crail s bears. The program was praised as one of the club s most interesting entertainments to date.
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Fred Downing
Pathex
Y's Men's Club
Edith Boileau
Everette Griffith
Milburn McKay
Guy Carlton
Tom Carson
Lewis Warren
Ted Brown
Jennings
The
Cla
Nationalists Claim Capture of Tsinanfu in Civil War
Nationalist soldiers reported capturing Tsinanfu as the civil war advances in a spring offensive. Foreign reports support the claim, with Chang Chang said to have fled to Tsinxsiao where Japanese troops guard interests amid the nationalist push. A Russian brigade of his forces was reportedly wiped out near Chiehshou.
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Tsinantfu
Chang Chang
Chang
Tsinxsiao
Techow
Russia
Chiehshou
U S Assembly Highlighted By School Orchestra
At Washington high school chapel the weekly program centered on the school orchestra conducted by Milburn McKay. The ensemble performed sacred numbers including True Blue March and Love and Loyalty, with Miss Norma Reaney leading the assembly in Onward Christian Soldiers. Principal Miss Della Patton announced the close as students and visitors applauded. First violins Esther Elgar Violet Treland Irene Roe Wilma Walker Hilda Brown John Westphal Helen Dayton Helen Payne. Second violins Margaret Davidson Barbara Cuddy. Cello Dorothy Masson Edith Elgar. Bass Viol Ruth Stewart. Flute Almon Dewey. Clarinets Nita Corbin Charles Long. Tenor Sax Lucille Reister Stanley Moncer. Alto Sax Anna Marie Anderson Harry Montgomery Horning. Cornets Clifford Reinert Harold Schneider. Trombone Owen Belleau. Baritone Horn Audrey Humble. Bass Horn William Masson. Marimbophone Cherrie Mellhiny. Bells Helen Helwick. Drums LeRoy Pratt. Piano Catharine Coulter.
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Washington High School
Milburn McKay
Esther Elgar
Violet Treland
Irene Roe
Wilma Walker
Hilda Brown
John Westphal
Helen Dayton
Helen Payne
Lucille Reister
Stanley Moncer
Anna Marie Anderson
Harry Montgomery
William Sartor
Clifford Reinert
Harold Schneider
Owen Belleau
Audrey Humble
William Masson
Cherrie MeIlhin
American Doctor Killed at Chinese Mission Hospital
Dr. Walter F. Seymour, an American physician born 1862 in Wisconsin, was shot and killed last Tuesday at the Presbyterian mission hospital in Tsining, Shantung. He led medical work for the Presbyterian board of foreign missions and had recently supervised hospitals in Tsining. He was married, details incomplete.
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Shanghai
Walter F. Seymour
Presbyterian Mission Hospital
Tsining
Seymour
Walter Seymour
Readeburg
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Medical College of
Northwestern University
Chicago
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Shantung Province
China
Trustees Reject Merge of Upper Iowa College and Cornell
Fayette Iowa April 25 Trustees vote 17 to 7 against merging Upper Town University with Cornell College Mount Vernon Recognition of 70 years service given to the school The Upper Town conference is urged to continue support A fund drive nears 100000 for nonsectarian operation Students demanded dismissal of President J P Van Horn but trustees express full confidence in his integrity and leadership
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Upper Town University
Fayette
Cornell College
Mount Ver
Upper Town
The
Methodist Church
Methodist
Waterloo
J. P. van Horn
van Horn
IOWA Rotarians To Elect Governor At Convention
Iowa City Iowa April 25 Nearly a thousand Rotarians attend a reception for district Governor McFree and Mrs Pearl McKee of Indianapolis Before today’s closing sessions the eleventh district Rotary International convention will elect a district governor Paul Harris founder of Rotary International will be the feature speaker Rotary and its Critics is the subject of his address in Chicago format.
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Iowa City
Rotary International
Rotary
Paul Harris
Chicago
McFree
Pearl McKee
Indianuta
Governor Hammill to Deliver Independence Day Speech
Governor John Hammill will be the Independence Day orator in Washington. A. K. Baldrige and Col. C. J. Wilson report the governor accepted the invitation to speak on the Fourth of July. The committee expects a large crowd and plans a Sunset Park program away from downtown noise.
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John Hammill
Washington
A. EK. Baldrige
Col. C.J. Wilson
Tle
Sunset
Chicago Forty blind students graduate from University of Chicago
Chicago Four blind students have graduated from the University of Chicago with eight earning honors.
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Chicago
The
University of Chicago
Minneapolis adds four year aeronautical engineering course
In Minneapolis Minnesota the state university curriculum expands with a four year aeronautical engineering program to grant a degree. March 27 1894. Adam Gardenour survives with widow and daughter Ida M both of Milwaukee. Waller Seymour of Chicago.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Lindbergh
Mary
Adam Gard
Ida M
Milwaukee
Waller . Seymour
Chicago
Hoover and Smith Lead in Ohio Vote
Ohio returns show Hoover and Smith ahead with the GOP delegation likely to be shaped by their win. The result signals strong party support and sets the tone for national campaigning as party figures consolidate influence ahead of the general election.
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Smith
Ohio
G.O. P
al Smith
Frank B. Willis
Willis
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Charles G. Dawes
Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
United Press
Nevada
Kansas
W. A. Ayres
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Curtis
Ilinois
Lockhart Killed In Daytona Beach Speed Run
Frank Lockhart a top American racing driver was killed when his Black Hawk racer carturned turtle during a world speed record attempt in Daytona Beach. Officials said a right rear tire blowout caused a series of swerves and a final leap into the air. Lockhart died instantly, with his time on the one mile stretch recorded at 203.6 mph.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Frank Lockhart
America
Lockhart
Thhan Keech
Dickerson Relates History of His Life to Rotary Club
S A Dickerson manager of the J C Penney store told the Rotary Club the story of his life. He was born in Terre Haute Indiana and rose to manage Penney stores in Marshalltown Montrose and Washington. He was married at Montrose and came to the city as a groom a fact not known to Rotarians. The high school glee club provided entertainment with three numbers. The girls glee club performed at the previous meeting and both groups earned praise for their singing and stage presence.
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S. A. Dickerson
J. C. Penney
Rotary Club
Dickerson
Terre Haute
Indiana
Marshalltown
Montrose
Colorado
Washington
Land
Rotarians
Dickinson
Spe
Population and police ratio in London city
The statement notes one policeman for each acre and one officer for every twelve residents in the city of London under the smaller night population, indicating a policing density tied to land area and nighttime populace.
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City of
London
Ladies Night Event Promised For Next Monday Evening
A social program announces a ladies night event set for next Monday evening. The notice highlights a women focused gathering with plans and activities, inviting attendees to join the evening event.
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