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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1931
Page
3
Washington County holds its third annual tennis meet with five events including men’s and girls singles and doubles and mixed doubles. First round matches were postponed to tomorrow due to rain. entries come from several local towns and many players have shown promise in prior contests.
Matches will be held at the M C A court the high school court and the country club courts. Kenneth Cline defends his men's singles title with Henry Little as last year’s runner up and they pursue the doubles crown again. Frances Boyd returns to defend her girls title with Mae Mangold in pursuit. New this year are girls doubles and mixed doubles events with announced pairings.
A dense list of Tuesday matches for men and women singles doubles and mixed events at high school and country club venues. Names include Fletcher Zellmer Turner Anwyl Owen Jackson and Clow with many byes and second round pairings. The schedule shows times from 10:00 a m to 6:00 p m and notes several three pairings advancing to later rounds.
Local residents share travel reports including Col Chas Brown and family from a western tour with stops in Denver Manitou Estes Park and notes Iowa as the garden spot. Absent or recovering residents include Milan Thompson and Mildred Craig with surgeries at the county hospital.
Bruno Demsky, a student pilot, escaped injury when his aircraft crashed in a cornfield near Des Moines after failing to clear a tree on takeoff from Camp Dodge airport. The plane suffered heavy damage as the incident occurred yesterday. A separate Iowa window decorators meeting featured a contest to crown the most skilled in draping a department store window.
Five men robbed the State Bank of Cumberland in Barron county at noon. They escaped with an estimated 5000 to 6000 dollars.
Miss Elinor Smith, famed woman flyer planning an Atlantic crossing, crashed during a landing at Roosevelt Field Long Island. The right side of the landing gear was mangled and the right wing tip broken in the mishap.
Dr. John W. Dickman 68 president of Upper Iowa University Fayette Ia died at the Mayo Clinic Rochester of heart disease blamed on overwork during an endowment campaign for the university. He had a history of heart disease.
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