Hammill Acts as Iowa Governor While Kendall Vacations
John B. Hammill of Britt Iowa becomes acting governor of Iowa taking over duties as Governor Kendall travels to Honolulu for health rest Hammill will hold the office at least ten weeks and vows to continue Kendall's policies and pursue a constructive program if Kendall's recovery slows and a December special session is called.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Ila
John B. Hammil
Britt
Iowa
N. E. Kendall
Honolulu
Hammill
Kendall
Hammill Takes Office as Acting Governor of Iowa
Des Moines Iowa August 27 Mr Hammill arrives at the executive office to assume duties and expresses intent to carry out Governor Kendall policies and provide an efficient administration He will address a Norwegian gathering at Jewel on Thursday and a farm bureau picnic at Jefferson on Friday with no other engagements planned for weeks to focus on duties
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Des Moines
Hammil
Kendall
State of
Iowa
Jewel
Farm Bureau
Jefferson
Big Hog At The State Fair May Break Records
Des Moines Iowa August 27 Hog displays at the Iowa State fair are fewer in number due to low hog prices and high feed costs yet as many show animals as ever enter. About 3000 hogs are on display with champions from county and district fairs entering for the state fair title. Judging began and continues through Thursday. The Poland China Duroc and Chester White classes declined while Spotted Poland Chinas Tamworths and Hampshires rise, attributed to less advertising and breeder interest.
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Des Moines
J. Carson Duncan
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Iowa library officials confront shift from fiction to informative works
Iowa library officials report rising demand for informative books and declining interest in fiction. The trustees conference will discuss book selection, library financing, and librarian salaries. Speakers include M. W. Bailey and Fort Dodge mayor Findlay, with sessions at the State Fair grounds.
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Associated Presse
Des Moines
Iowa
Julia Robinson
State Library Commission
Robinson
American Library Association
M. W. Bailey
Washington
and Co
Findlay
Fort Dodge
R. S. Galer
Mount Peasant
H. W. Spauldine
Grinnell
Library Commission
Women and Children’s
State Fair Grounds
Two Negro men shot in East Savannah quarrel incident
Savannah Ga Aug 27 A Negro named Moses Monroe was killed and Walter Youne wounded when unidentified men opened fire after a quarrel over whisky in East Savannah. Earlier reports claimed the Negro settlement had been blown up by automobile raiders.
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Savannah
Moses Monroe
Walter Youne
East
Noble Aim Promoted as Noblest Work for Humanity
A statement extols using the world wisely over abusing it. It frames improving the world as the noblest task for humankind and urges acts that make life better lovelier and happier for all people.
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Man
Wornman
Heaviest Swine on Display Here: Pork Record Sought
In the swine pavilion the bacon hogs outnumber lard hogs as breeders push for prominence. A two year old Poland China boar from Menlo Iowa weighs 1 140 pounds and is claimed to be the heaviest hog in the United States. The owning team expects it to grow toward 1 400 pounds.
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Ad Department
Menlo
Iowa
Poland
United States
Olander under close guard before scheduled hanging
Fort Madison Iowa August 27 Special precautions surround William Olander who is to be hanged at 6 30 A M September 7 to prevent suicide after a guard quote I will not be with you much longer The scaffold will not be erected until September 5 or 6 with extra guards in the murderers row alongside Roy Maupin and Archie Burris both named Des Moines Ottumwa Negroes.
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Associated Press
Fort Madison
William Olander
Fort Dodge
Murderers Row
Roy Maupin
Des Moines
Archie Burris
Ottumwa
Olander
U S Sh i p s A r Still on Market
Washington officials say negotiations to sell board ships on eighteen world routes are progressing favorably. A high official hinted a minimum price under discussion, noting that 1 400 000 dollars would not be accepted for Pacific coast vessels.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Shipping Board
Exhume to Identify Body in Des Moines Region
Secretary Rodney P. Fagan of the Iowa board of health granted telephonic permission to Troy Mills officials to exhume a boy's body to determine if it is William Kiddie. The case centers on whether the remains belong to Ralph Saxton, a missing trainee from Eldora. parents claim he is alive.
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Des Moines
Rodney P. Fagan
Iowa Board of Health
Troy Mills
Iowa
William Kiddie
Ralph Saxton
Eldora
General rains fall last night across Iowa and hail hits Mahaska county
General rains drenched Iowa last night with little impact on corn moisture while Des Moines reported 0.99 inch. A severe hailstorm swept Mahaska County northeast of Oskaloosa destroying corn and foliage and killing several chickens.
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Associated Press
ES Moines
Iowa
Des Moines
Oskalouba
Mahaska County
Guy Brewer Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Guy S. Brewer U S marshal for the southern Iowa district and a figure in military and political activities in Des Moines died in a Des Moines hospital from injuries after a car ride with family left the road near Collins Iowa yesterday morning. The crash occurred as they passed another vehicle about 35 miles northeast of Des Moines on the rural road.
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Associated Press
Guy S. Brewer
U. S
Iowa
Des Moines
Collins
Rail Wreck Kills B and O Engineer in Indiana
A west bound Baltimore and Ohio express derailed by a washout fourteen miles east of Gary Indiana early today. The engineer was killed and pinned under the engine as the entire train left the rails.
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Associated Press
Gary
Ind
Baltimore and Ohio
Thieves Loot Carna han Drug Store Jewelry
Thieves entered the J. F. Carnahan drug store in August and stole jewelry valued at 1500 dollars. They could not open the store safe.
Weekend automobile tragedies claim two lives in Iowa
In Cedar Rapids an inquest will examine Jerry Dyrttt 68 formerly of Shueyville after a pedestrian collision with Frank J. Novotny of Solon. In Boone two deaths followed weekend crashes as Everette Stevens Des Moines died after a multi vehicle wreck and Lester Uhel Brookline Iowa perished when struck by a Chicago Northwestern train near a crossing.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Dyrttt
Shueyville
Iowa
Frank J. Novotny
Solon
Dyrttt
Novotny
Boone
Everette Stevens
Des Moines
Madrid
Lester Uhel
Brookline
Chicago Northwestern
Uhel
Plane crash at Lizard Lake resort kills two
Fort Dodge Iowa reports a fatal crash at Lizard Lake resort 35 miles northwest. Pilot Frank Stearns lived in Havelock and Martha Carpentier 16 died when their aircraft plunged 300 feet. No cause for the accident could be given.
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Fort Dodge
Stearns
Martha Carpentier
Lizard Lake Resort
Here
Frank Stearns
Havelock
Iowa
Meredith Returns to Des Moines Plans Libel Suit
Meredith former secretary of agriculture has returned to Des Moines from Bemidji Minnesota and will file suit for libel and damage of thirty cents against United States Senator Smith W Brookhart. He accuses Brookhart of charging him with deflating farmers in the recent Wall Street game. The suit is expected to be filed soon.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
T. Meredith
Des Mabines
Dbemidji
Minnesota
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
Senator Brookhart Settles Labor Day Appearance Dispute
Springfield federation of labor and district mine union officials reached a settlement after Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa agreed by telegram to speak on Labor Day in Springfield. He said he would address the federation program, though miners had invited him for their celebration.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Springfield Federation of Labor
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Round Up Texa Law Violators
Charges were filed today by U S commissioner McCormick against 31 Somervell county citizens arrested in liquor raids by Texas rangers Saturday and Sunday. Seventeen defendants including the sheriff and county attorney were brought to Waco by Ranger M Burton and jailed.
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Associated Press
Waco
Texas
U. S
McCormick
Somervell County
Texas Rangers
Wacco
M. Burton
Aviator Stearns Known As Skilled Pilot
In the afternoon he piloted passengers for short lake rides. Stearns was an army aviator and regarded as a proficient pilot.
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Stearns
Truck collision kills Henry Meeuwenberg in Iowa crossing
Cherokee report says Henry Meeuwenberg was instantly killed when his stalled truck on a grade crossing near Sanborn Iowa was hit by an Illinois Central passenger train this morning.
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Cherokee
Henry Meeuwenberg
Sanborn
Iowa
Ilinois Central
Ask Investigation of the Oil Business
Attorneys general from Kansas and Oklahoma urged a nationwide probe into the oil industry to determine if Standard Oil manipulates the gasoline market to ruin hundreds of small country producers. The request came in Minneapolis on an August day from Charles E. Griffith and George E. Short.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Charles E. Griffith
George E. Short
Kansas
Oklahoma
Standard of Co
Dublin Gunfire Shocks City Amid Elections Patrols
In Dublin today a lively outbreak of rifle and machine gun fire occurred with no explanation given. Balloting in Dalye elections continued as national troops patrolled the streets to maintain order.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Ireland
Smallest precision watch made for wealthy county client
A Swiss craftsman produced the world's smallest precision watch for a wealthy county customer. The platinum timepiece measures 14 millimeters and is noted for its tiny, intricate mechanism.
Smoker Stories for Example Reveals Invented Tales
A Boston Evening Transcript item discusses the idea that necessity spurs invention while noting many stories are invented without real need. It reflects on storytelling in public discourse and the theme of innovation versus fabrication.
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Boston Evening ‘Transcript
Pinchot Meets Anthracite Leaders to Seek Settlement Basis
Governor Pinchot conducts separate interviews with coal operators and mine workers to determine a basis for ending the proposed September 1 suspension. He vows to handle each side individually, with 88 members of the scale committee present for the talks in Harrisburg.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pinchot
Pennsy
Samuel D. Warener
A. B. W. W. Inglis
W. J. Richards
Phillip Murray
Co. J. Golden
Rinaldo Cappellini
Thomas Kennedy
The
United Workers
Warener
Murray
Gov Pinchot
Atlantic City
Knickers Draw Crowds At State Fair in Des Moines
At the Town state fair in Des Moines Aug 27 girls and young women wear knickers and khaki middy blouses while judging grain and beer contests and watching baking competitions. The scene shows knickers gaining popularity as entries and prizes draw attention.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
First Draft Horse and Mule Pull Test at State Fair
The first comprehensive test to measure pulling power of draft horses and mules begins at the Iowa State Fair grounds in Des Moines and runs four days. The event is organized by the official board and the Iowa State College along with the Society of Agricultural Engineers and the American Horse Association to tabulate results.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Lowe State Grounds
Iowa State College
Society of Agricultural Peers
Horse Association of Merica
Tabu
Dinsmore
Association of America
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