Municipal Band Guests Of C of C at Washington Chamber
Washington Chamber of Commerce hosts a special dinner for the Municipal band after their Cedar Falls state contest victory. Director Milburn McKay outlines band formation and merit based selection, seeks gear and a better band stand in Central Park. Carl W Klein updates Dutch Creek fair plans for August 39 and thanks supporters.
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Washington Chamber of Commerce
Countrylub
Washington
Dutch Creek
Cedar Falls
McKay
Milburn McKay
Central Park
Ed Moligan
Fairfield Band Led by Schmidt
The Fairfield Municipal Band of thirty men under Prof Leo Schmidt performs next Sunday at Sunset Park. Schmidt, a noted music teacher, formerly directed the 1323 Infantry band and a Burlington conservatory. The band features Karl Rungquist of Parsons College on clarinet, with Merle Munger, Albert Gardner, Karl Griffith among other notable players. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Fairfield
Sunset Park
Leo Schmidt
Schmidt
Iowa
1323 Infantry
Burlington
Karl Rungquist
Parsons College
Sousa and
Hachman
Merle Munger
Albert Gardner
Karl Griffith
Work relief delayed to September in Washington county
Chairman Carl W Klein announced that county work relief projects for relief rolls will begin September instead of August. Engineer George J Keller said the deferment was due to local conditions and aims to allow more time for planning. Marian Walter will take a brief vacation before coordinating work relief by phone. farmers who secured soy bean seed will have approval and start next week.
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Carl W. Klein
Washington County Emergency Relief Committees
George J. Keller
County Committee
Board of Supervisors
Marian Walter
Keller
Motes Returns to Honolulu After Island Ranch Visit
The writer describes returning to Honolulu from a stay on the cattle ranches of the islands. He praises Schofield Barracks and Pearl Harbor while noting the importance of the Pacific theater and the potential consequences if war were declared with a Pacific nation.
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Honolulu
Schofield Barracks
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Referendum In Germany August 19 and Hindenburg Funeral
Reports from Berlin state a referendum on August 19 will ask Germans to affirm Hitler as supreme ruler for life by a yes or no vote. The cabinet law merges the offices of president and chancellor, with no term limits, and results are seen as foregone. Hindenburg funeral plans restrict attendance to minimal numbers with guards at his home.
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Berlin
UPI
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Germany
Jalmar Schacht
Reichbank
Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
Tannenburg
Army
Navy
Handy Andy Charms State Theater Crowd Before Navy
Crowds flock to the State Theater for Handy Andy opening night with praise from spectators. The run continues through Saturday, followed by Here Comes the Navy starring James Cagney and Pat OBrien as the management promises two strong nightly productions.
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Will Rogers
Handy Andy
State Theater
David Harum
Serum offered free to world’s sufferers by Dr William Held
Dr William Held of Chicago proposes free use of a newly discovered serum claimed to cure infantile paralysis in his son. He has informed California officials he will personally demonstrate the medicine with his boy as a living witness.
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William Held
Chicago
California
Transients Claim Robbery by Companions in Railway Yard
A Washington physician treated a transient youth for a gash in the ear after an alleged robbery in a box car in the Washington yards. The white boy and a colored youth said a third transient robbed them of 7.50 and 9, respectively, and that the knife was wielded by the same suspect before they fled toward unknown parts. The youths, en route from Newark to California for entertainment, were detained briefly.
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Washington
City
Newark
California
Must Settle Today Says Gov Olson
Governor Floyd B Olson demands a same day settlement of the truck drivers strike or he will revoke all military permits for truck operation. Pickets roam Minneapolis streets smashing trucks beating drivers.
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Gov. Olson
United Press
Minneapolis
Floyd B Olson
Minnesota
Wounded Man in Car Ambush Near Nevada as Four Masked Men Sought
Sheriff J B. Hattery announced clues to identities of four masked men after James R. Hanlon 40 was shot six times while riding in a Stanhope auto. Hanlon, hit in three arm and two leg wounds, was taken to Iowa Falls hospital. Police also hunted two bandits who robbed an oil station attendant near Luxemburg and dumped him in a corn field after forcing a ride of 15 miles.
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Nevada
Iowa
J. BE. Hattery
James R. Hanlon
Stanhope
Hanlon
Falla
Guttenburg
R. J. Overbank
Luxemburg
Mr and Mrs F M Pierce Visit Brighton Relatives
Mr and Mrs F M Pierce traveled to Brighton today to spend the day with relatives, enjoying time with family in the seaside town.
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F. M. Pierce
Brighton
Washington Municipal Band Concert Preview
The Washington Municipal Band announces a Sunday sunset Park program with a wide mix of marches overtures waltzes and selections. Highlights include The Merry Widow Auld Lang Syne The Screamer Masaniello and Don Quixote followed by Monte Carlo Wedding of the Winds and Star and Stripes.
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Dulcinea
Monte Carlo
K. L. King
John T. Hall
Rundquist
Billy Hill
Salo A
Herbert
C.aencumn Lineke
Mra
M. H. Bryant
Jagz
Milenberg
Stara and Stripes
Iowa Counties Authorized for Corn-Hog Benefit Payments
Des Moines reported that 13 Iowa counties Lee Audubon Jefferson Van Buren Buchanan Des Moines Polk Hardin Wapello Davis Fremont Dickinson and Union were released for corn-hog benefit payments. John B. Wilson overseeing the survey asked for six more inspectors from Washington to speed contract inspections and resume statewide payments.
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Des Moines
John B. Wilson
Iowa
Wilson
Washington
Lee
Audubon
Jefferson
van Wuren
Buchanan
Polk
Hardin
Wapello
Davis
Fremont
Dickinson
Union
Ontra Cafe Opens Saturday in Washington
The Ontra cafe at 801 South Iowa avenue opens tomorrow Saturday afternoon August 4 serving regular meals short orders fountain service groceries bakery dairy and more. Mrs Erma Edmondson owner former South End Grocery operator invites the public to visit with cookies and coffee after 7 pm Saturday.
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Ontra Cafe
South
Iowa Avenue
South End
Erma Edmondson
Scott family and Mrs Work to visit Meek and Mannister homes
Dr and Mrs W J M Scott and son Jimmy of Rochester New York and Mrs J A Work of Evanston Illinois expected this evening for a visit at the Meek and G W Mannister homes. They return from a trip through Glacier and Yellowstone parks and plan to leave Sunday for Chicago.
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W. J. M. Scott
Jimmy
Rochester
N. Y
J. A. Work
Evanston
Ill
Meek
G. W. Mannister
Glacier
Yellowstone Parks
Work
Northwestern University
Chicago
Sheriff Robert Harlan McCarty Dies in Nevada Iowa
Washington county sheriff Robert Harlan McCarty died at Iowa sanitarium Nevada Iowa after a week of treatment for anemia He was 72 and had served as sheriff nearly 14 years He was born March 25 1862 in Clay Township and married Sadie Evans in 1887 Funeral set for Monday at 2 30 PM at the Methodist church burial in Brighton.
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KR. HH. McCarty
Washington County
Iowa Sanitarium
Nevada
Iowa
Methodist
Brighton
Roger Sherman
Sherman
Washington
H. M. Patcham
County Board of Supervisors
McCarty
Will Black
Clay Township
Robert Harlan McCarty
Robert
Rebecca
Hyde) McCarty
Sadie H. Evans
R. H. McCarty
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Dollfuss’ Assassin
Vienna
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Skhii
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Lewan
Jolly Post
Mrs. Dall
Martial Knot
Anna Roosevelt Dall
President Roosevelt
Minden
Nev
Curtis B. Dall
Clark J. Guild
Dall
Charles Rich
Department of Justice
Washington Municipal Band
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Stnadtenie
Goldman Offenbach
Holmes Seubert
Part
Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
Alford Shannon
Backfield Municipal
Coxping
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Goldman
Masaniello
Rh. Henderson
P. Henneberg
Messrs. Munger, Gardner
Sveraius
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