Festicorn Corn Festival publicity in Washington yards and streets
A Journal photographer captures Washington residents cultivating corn displays in front yards and business districts to drum up the Festicorn corn festival planned for the first week of October. The photo spread shows diverse plantings from city officials to residents along Iowa and Washington streets, with notable tall and decorative stalks and a public display near Klein Klothing Kompany.
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Washington
A Column About Iowa Report From Belmond and Atlantic
Belmond hospital notes three newborn girls in the Lee family, bringing the total daughters to five with two and four year olds. In Atlantic, two Ohio bandits jailed in Cass County attempt to flee by leaping a court house window. one is captured in a coal shed, the other hidden in a hotel after being traced by Imogene Edwards, 17, daughter of Sheriff P. Y. Edwards.
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Belmond
Archie Lee
Belmor Hospital
Atlantic
Ohio
Cass County
Imogene Edwards
P. Pv. Edwards
Petition Seeks Legal Death Declaration for Henry Eisenhauer
Mrs Leona Eisenhauer files in district court to declare her husband Henry J Eisenhauer legally dead and transfer his estate to her. She says he left home December 16 1923 and has not been heard from since, noting absence for seven years or more as required by law.
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Waterloo
Henry J. Eisenhauer
Leona Eisenhauer
Eisenhauer
Aid caravan carries feed to storm stricken Portsmouth area
Seven trucks loaded with oats corn hay straw and other feed left Storm Lake for the storm stricken Portsmouth area in Shelby county. Food and provisions for families were donated in Storm Lake territory. Fire Chief Harold Stanton and the Rev William Andrews with Editor W C Jarnagin formed the committee in charge and accompanied the caravan.
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Storm Lake
Portsmouth
Shelby County
Storm Lake Territory
Harold Stanton
William Andrews
W. C. Jarnagin
Strikers End Two-Week Walkout at Globe Hoist Co
DES MOINES The two week old strike by 40 Globe Hoist Co employees, maker of industrial lifts and conveyors, ended as workers returned to their posts. The settlement includes a 5 cent hourly pay raise and a 2 hour reduction in the work week from 42 to 40 hours.
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Des Moines
Strke
Globe Hoist Co
Doctor Links Chamberlain Hitler On Same Pagan Level
Dr. George L. Robinson of the Chicago Theological Seminary compared former Prime Minister Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler as being on the same pagan level. He argued the only distinction is Hitler openly admits his stand. He criticized Britain as the greatest sinner of an empire God allowed, and urged not to shelve the Sermon on the Mount in pursuing peace at any price.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Gasoline Car Crew Blamed for Fatal Collision
CUYAHOGA FALLS Ohio August 1 A Pennsylvania railway official blamed the gasoline motor car crew for a head on crash that killed four and a half. The official said the doodlebug failed to take a siding as ordered and crashed into a double header freight train on a single track. He absolved the freight crew of responsibility noting they obeyed orders. The accident occurred in a town of about 20 000.
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Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railway Today
E W. Smith
Hudson
Molotov Warns War Could Spread to Western Hemisphere
Moscow reports Soviet Premier Vyacheslav Molotov warned that the European imperialist war may spread to the western hemisphere and become a world conflagration. He criticized U S relations as unfriendly while noting strained ties with Britain and highlighting the German Russian treaty as offering Germany security in the Far East.
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Moscow
Vaicheslav Molotov
Western Hemisphere
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Britain
Russia
Far East
Washington Troop F 113th Cavalry Heads for Camp Ripley
Coaches and stock cars arrive at Rock Island for Troop F training trip to Camp Ripley Minnesota for three weeks with National Guard and regulars. Captain Brown says 67 men three officers expected. 32 horses to be transported. train leaves Sunday 2 AM.
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113Th Cavalry
Camp Ripley
Minnesota
National Guard
Rock Island Varda
Washington
O. J. Brown
Brown
Fairfield
Burlington
West Liberty
Iowa City
W. G. Eldridge
Walter G. Conner
C. J.lambert
113Th Regiment
Roger Ficher
Ray Venter
113Th
Conner
Lambert
Miss Heacock of Wayland Dead at 78
Miss Vinnie Heacock of Wayland died at 6:20 last evening at the Joe Gerig home where she had been cared for the past two and a half years. A short funeral service will be held at the Gerig home at 1:15 tomorrow afternoon, and the body will be taken to Richland for burial. The Boller funeral home is in charge of arrangements.
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Wayland
Vinnie Heacock
Joe Gerig
Nazis Use Submarines On Shipping To Britain
London reports a new U boat campaign against British Isles shipping amid threats from torpedo boats and sea raiders and intensified aerial attacks. The note links submarine activity to Britain's blockade of the Atlantic coast from the Arctic to North Africa and targets shipping facilities. Des Moines case follows.
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London
British Isles
Britain
Atlantic
Arctic Circle
North Africa
State Gas Tax Jump Sets June Record Since 1930s
Des Moines reports June gasoline tax receipts of 1 751 412 the largest monthly total since the tax was enacted. The prior peak was 1 744 966 in May 1939 and the new figure tops that sum by a small margin.
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Des Moines
Planes Drop Bombs But No Serious Damage Seen
Aircraft released a large number of bombs in the area but authorities reported no serious damage or injuries. Residents were advised to remain alert as checks continue.
Shipstead Leaves Labor Party to File as Republican Candidate
United States Senator Henry Shipstead, after 11 years in the Senate as a farmer laborite, files to run again on the Republican ticket from St Paul Minnesota. He says the party has been captured by a selfish, greedy, subversive minority and had previously kept his plans private.
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ST. Paul, Minn
United States
Henry Shipstead
Shipstead
Senate
Farmer
Mr and Mrs Sorden Return From Midwest Trip
Mr and Mrs Milo Sorden arrived home last night after a week away in Elkhart Indiana and Chicago. They attended a convention of the Corn Instrument company and traveled for business and leisure.
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Milo Sorden
Elkhart, Inn
The
Corn Instrument Company
Chicago
Track star from Iowa State dies in iron lung
William J Billie Hamilton 19 Canton Missouri died of infantile paralysis in an iron lung in Burlington. He was an engineering student at Iowa State College Ames and a member of its track squad last spring. His family moved to Canton from Oskaloosa in 1939.
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Burlington
William J
Billie) Hamilton
Canton
Hamilton
Iowa State College
Ames
Oskaloosa
Girl Killed by Blast Blame Sewer Gas
An afternoon explosion in Ida county destroyed a two story home and killed 8 year old Jane Lindsay while injuring her mother Mrs A E Lindsay. Officials suspect sewer gas back up and note the family had smelled gas for days.
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Arthur
Ida County
Jane Lindsay
A. EB. Lindsay
Final Action On Draft Bill Postponed In Senate
The senate military affairs committee postponed final action on the conscription bill as support grew for a plan to limit immediate use to one million men. The proposal allows drafting 500,000 men this fall and another 500,000 next spring, all ages 21 to 35, with no further drafts without congressional authorization. War department officials were to testify on the plan tomorrow.
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Washington, D.C
Senate Military Affairs
Conuittee
Congress
War Department
Becomes Democrat Chairman At Roosevelt Conference
A. Edward J. Flynn of New York was selected at a White House conference to be the Democratic national chairman on August 17 and to oversee Roosevelt's campaign for a third term. Flynn was announced by retiring chairman James A. Farley, with Henry A. Wallace and five others in attendance. The veteran New Yorker has held major party roles and once served as New York secretary of state. Berlin reports a British bomber hit Hanover causing property damage and casualties, part of broader raids on northern and western Germany.
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Washington, D.C
Edward J. Flynn
New York
White House
Flynn
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Farley
Chicago
New York City
Bron
Brish
Hanover
Berlin
Prussia
Dentist Office Opens Above Washington Market
Dr. Duane Forinash will occupy the rooms above the Washington Fruit market as a dental office open to the public Monday August 6. He is a son of the late J Porinash of West Chester and graduated from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry on June 3 after attending West Chester High School.
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Washington Fruit Market
Duane Forinash
Forinash
J. Porinash
West Chester
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Hoover Family Sells West Main Home to Arnolds
Mr and Mrs Leo Hoover sell 904 West Main Street to Mr and Mrs Rodney Arnold who take possession in mid August. The Hoovers will move to 302 Kart Jefferson Street.
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Leo Hoover
West Main Street
Rodney Arnold
Hoover
Kart Jefferson Street
Washington county contributes to Red Cross relief drive
Washington county has donated 1136.91 to the national fund for relief of civilian refugees in war torn Europe. County chairman Roger Sherman announced the drive is nearly complete with a $1440 quota and further gifts welcome to reach the goal. Riverside and Kalona praised for strong showing, other towns contributing proportionally.
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Washington County
Europe
Roger Sherman
Red Cross
Sherman
Washington
Riverside
Kalona
Sted Cross
Nations
Amendment By Senator Josa Lee From Oklahoma
An amendment proposed by Senator Josa Lee, a Democrat from Oklahoma, is noted. The action involves a legislative change under consideration in the chamber. Details on scope or voting status are not provided in the excerpt.
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Josa Lee
Oklahoma
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Joe Palk
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