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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1929

Page

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Demands on Great Britain Attacked at Reparations Conference

At The Hague the conference heard Britain and Roumania press for revising the Young plan. Italy and France defended the plan as indivisible. Germany sought early Rhineland evacuation and Saar understandings while Portugal urged an international reparations bank.

Hague U.P Britain Antonio Mosconi Henri Cheron Italy France Young Paris Owen Dr. Young Cheron Aristide Briand Snowden Roumania Great Britain Mosconi Bank of Portugal Joao Henrique Ulrich International Bank Gustav Stresemann Germany Rhineland Saar Basin Mussolini

Rabenold Funeral Set for Thursday in Ainsworth

Announcement states the funeral for E.2. Rabenold, prominent Ainsworth farmer, will be Thursday afternoon at 1:30 in the Methodist church. The funeral party is due in Ainsworth about five o’clock this afternoon. Rabenold died yesterday morning in Zanesville after an operation during a trip to visit relatives in Ohio.

E.2 Rabenold Zanesville Ohio Ainsworth

Russian plane to start for New York via Siberia

Moscow August 7 The air plane Land of Soviets will start at 2 a m tomorrow on a flight to New York via Siberia and Alaska, officials announced today.

Moscow Land of Soviets New York Siberia Alaska

Peace pact signed by rival tongs in New York fails to stop Chinatown gunfire

In Chicago a Hip Sing member, Joe Wei, 27, was wounded after a peace treaty was signed in New York improving prospects for truce. Chin Gin, an On Leon member, fled, while tong leaders in New York endorsed arbitration over violence. Boston Chinatown stayed tense with heightened police presence amid skepticism about the truce.

Hip Sing Tong Chicago U.P Chinatown New York Joe Wei Hip Sing Chin Gin Leon Chin Riva Hip Sing Leon Tongmen Boston Boson’s

Pig Crop Special Train Plans Stop in Washington County

Joe Wright chairs a Washington County Farm Bureau committee to host the Burlington pig crop special train in cooperation with Iowa State College. The educational train will stop Monday evening September 16 for three hours and tour southern Iowa over two weeks with 33 stops in 29 counties.

Joe Wright Washington County Farm Bureau Burlington Railroad Towa State College Burling Or Iowa Boyd Foster M. M. Flynn M. C. DeLong E. L. Stewart Carl M. Keck J. C. McKay Harold Montgomery Farm Bureau County Agricutural Rex Beresford Agricultura Extension Service Iowa State College Waler B. Remley Buakington Agricultural S. Louia J. Counett Burlington Superinendent Division E. F. Jones Q’tumwa Burlington College of Agriculture Alatos The

Puritan Minister Increase Mather Warns of Irreligion

In Puritan New England near 300 years ago Increase Mather laments growing irreligion among the people. The address underscores concerns over declining piety and civic virtue in colonial society.

New England Increase Mather

Victor Berger Dies After Street Collision in Milwaukee

Victor L. Berger world famous socialist leader and journalist died in a coma at age 69 from a fractured skull and internal injuries after being run down by a street car in Milwaukee. He fought the injuries for three weeks, with his wife and two daughters at his side.

Milwaukee Victor L. Berger Berger Pe6 Os

Dr Ida H Bailey Dies in West Virginia

The Parkersburg Sentinel reports the death of Dr Ida H Bailey in West Virginia after months of illness. A Washington and Knoxville physician, she was educated at Mount Pleasant Iowa and Iowa University Medical College class of 1899. Survived by daughter Mrs Karl Johnstone and five grandchildren, burial in Iowa City.

Parkersburg West Virginia Ida H. Bailey Washington Earl Johnstone Avery Street Mount Pleasant Iowa) College University of Iowa Bailey Knoxville Iowa Order of Eastern Star Daughters of the American Revolution Knoxville Presbyterian Church Karl Johnstone J. B. Helson Fariva, al J. C. Helson Sargent, Neb William Vlach Modesto, Cal Aliene Joan Justine June Karl Jr. Johnstone Iowa City

Accuser of Boy Scouts Arrested in Iowa Crash Saga

Sidney Kapin 20 and John Gore 17 Detroit youths face reckless driving charges after a crash in Vinton Iowa. The pair’s scout memberships prompted an inquiry that led to a warrant for Ray Henderson of Rochester Minnesota, now believed to be responsible for the wreck that damaged his car.

Vinton U.P Sidney Kapin John Gore Detroit Mich Boy Scouts Ray Henderson Rochester Minn

Dublin Campaign Targets Irish Name Use on Non Irish Goods

Dublin authorities campaign to curb use of Irish names on goods not produced in Ireland. Officials warn that mislabeling may mislead consumers and harm national branding. Local retailers and producers are urged to follow guidelines for origin claims.

Dublin Ireland

Two Convicts Killed in Kansas Prison Break

In Lansing Kansas six convicts attempted an escape from the state penitentiary. Two fugitives William Webb and Robert Collins were killed after a pistol duel with Deputy Warden Hudspeth and Captain Graham. Guards and trustees were wounded. three convicts escaped.

Kansas Lansing Kan U.P Kansas State Penitentiary William Webb Robert Collins R. H.hudspeth Arthur Graham John Edwards Eddie Jenkins Oklahoma Charles Cheatham M. F. Amrine

American Legion Drum Corps Tour Promotes Isler Carnival

The American Legion drum and bugle corps visited Kalona Wellman and Keota yesterday evening to drum up support for the Isler carnival in Washington this week. Concerts are planned in nearby towns tonight if plans work out. The carnival will be at the Berdo show grounds this evening and through the rest of the week, after a scheduling conflict at Centerville moved its location to Washington.

American Legion Drum and Pugle Corps Keota Wellman Kalona Berdo Show Grounds Washington Centerville

Two Killed In Auto Crash In Des Moines

Lorena May Scholes, 8, Des Moines, was near death today after an automobile crash Monday that killed her mother and another woman. Doctors reported slight improvement but little hope for the child's recovery.

Des Moines Lorena May Scholes

Open Inquiry Into Malone Shooting Leads to Inquest

Malone Ia August 7 Inquest begun into a shooting death and injuries in a family feud story holds three men as victims and suspects Ed ward Crampton 35 Thomas Mulholland 60 and Robert Yates 60 were involved in rival accounts of the event. Crampton shot Vale then Mulholland before killing himself according to authorities.

Malone U.P Edward Crampton Thomas Mulhoh Robert Yate Crampton Clinton Vale Mulholland DeWitt

Knights of Pythias to Name Iowa Officers Today

Cedar Rapids Iowa Aug 7 The Knights of Pythias of Iowa prepare to elect officers for the coming year on the convention’s second day. The state Pythian sisters also meet with no other sessions scheduled that morning. John S Tuthill Waterloo grand chancellor delivered the principal address last night and Mrs Mayme Hunter Montezuma grand chief spoke to the sisters at the opening session.

Cedar Rapids Knights of Pythias of Iowa Pythian Sisters State John S. Tuthill Waterloo Mayme’ Hunter Montezuma

Forest Fire Still Bays in Oklahoma Raging

Forest fire rages across southeast Oklahoma as flames sweep pine timberland in three mountainous counties. About 2000 volunteers have fought flames for nearly two days, with hundreds of acres burned and containment uncertain.

Oklahoma Poteau Okla

Iowa corn near ten year average despite heat and drought

Iowa corn condition is near the ten year average though not a bumper crop. The weekly crops bulletin notes normal advance from blister to roasting ear stages with harvest mostly complete except in hail damaged and wet Monona county areas and other drought affected zones. Yields are variable but expected to average close to the decade, while cucumbers and potatoes face heat and rain effects and rains Aug 1 5 aid drought relief in many regions.

Des Moines Charles D. Reed Monona Reed Towa West Central District South Iowa’ River Mississippi

Proposed Soldiers Monument in Central Park

At a meeting of I. G. Whitepost G A and A, discussion centered on placing a county wide monument in Central park to honor veterans of all wars including World War I and Spanish American War. The plan would involve all of Washington county's 20 000 residents with broad patriotic group support and modest funding.

I. G. Whitepost G. A Central Park The Post Washington Iowa Sigourney Keokuk County

Motor Vehicle Registrations on US Farms Reported

A statement from the Eastern Iowa Motor Clubs cites 5 450 000 motor vehicles registered on United States farms.

United States Eastern Iowa

Graf Zeppelin set for around the world flight from Lakehurst

The Graf Zeppelin prepares at Lakehurst Naval Air Station New Jersey for an eastward around the world cruise. Weather data, full hydrogen inflation, and loading of mail freight and limited passengers are in progress with departure possible tonight pending conditions.

Naval Air Station Lakehurst N. J Naval U.P Naval Station Nugo Eckener Graf Eckener Pew Freidrichshafen Germany Tokio Los Angeles Atlantic Japan Aleutian Island Alaska Seattle Washington Rocky Mountain

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Philip Snowden Exchequer Bureau Victor Berger Congress Tim W. Virginia Washington Physi Cian Hudspeth Craham Leavenworth Kansas City Enard Knight Kalona, Wellman and Drum Corps Nival Malone, TA Knights of Pythias Washington County Globe
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