4-H Winners Shine At Chicago Livestock Show
Waldo Mommsen of Miles Iowa won blue in grade and cross bred division as 4-H youth from across the nation gathered in Chicago to display farm products and animals at the International Livestock Exposition. Mary Fredericks of Wakarusha Indiana won best cotton school dress. Pearl White of Chickasha Oklahoma led canned fruit entries. Blanche Rose Decorah Iowa and Betty Higgins Croton Ohio won home decor honors. Boys also fared well with En Troncin Corydon winning top dozen eggs with Rhode Island reds.
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Chicago
Waldo Mommsen
Miles
Iowa
Mike
Wakarusha
Ind
Mary Fredericks
Michigan Avenue
Mary
Civic Opera House
Oklahoma
Pearl White
Chickasha
Okla
Blanche Rose
Decorah
Betty Higgins
Croton
Blanche
Betty
Marie Bruss
Walcott
Ruth Stickwell
Fillmore County
Frieda Egger
Danville
En Troncin
Corydon
Rhode Island Reds
Explosion Claims Six Miners at Ben Mine No 8
West Fronkfort report states six coal miners died after a 2:30 a m explosion in an off section of the Ben Mine No 8. Fifteen other workers escaped unharmed and one more body remained in the shaft as search parties labored. The dead include J Baker 25 Dewey Baker 28 Henry Isaacs 45 E E Breadon 40 Veto Geridini 35 Thomas McDermott 50.
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West Fronkfort
U.P
Old Ben
J. Baker
Dewey Baker
Henry Isaacs
E. E. Breadon
Veto Geridini
Thomas McDermott
High speed news wire installed at Journal office
The United Press adds a high speed wire allowing the Journal to receive global news at 65 words per minute for 8 hours daily. The system uses tape perforations and a keyboard transmitter, replacing Morse lines and slower printers to deliver stories within about 10 minutes.
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United Press
News of the World
The
Journal
World
Globe
Des Moines
Purdue Wins Collegiate Stock Judging Contest Trophy
Purdue University Lafayette Ind won first place in the collegiate stock judging contest with 4385 points earning the Lipton trophy. Paul Swaffer of Oklahoma A and M led individuals with 927 points, followed by Dwight Teegardin of Ohio State, J H Douglas and H B Kirk of Purdue, and Morris W Soults of Iowa State.
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Colegiate
Purdue University of Lafayette
Ind
Sir Thomas Lipton
Tea and Yacht Fame
Paul Swaffer
Oklahoma A. & M
Dwight Teegardin
Ohio State
J. H. Douglas
Purdue
H. B. Kirk
Morris W Soults
Iowa State
Seven Planes Seek Missing Pilot Over Allegheny Snow
Seven Cleveland airport planes circled the ice encrusted Allegheny foothills today seeking veteran mail pilot Thomas P. Nelson. No sign of plane or pilot was found as searchers faced rugged terrain and a blizzard. Nelson was 11 hours overdue after leaving Bellefonte, Pa. at 11:55 p m and last heard at 4 a m over Bull Run, Pa. Weather and low flight likely hindered the search.
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Cleveland
U.R
Pennsylvania
Thomas P. Nelson
Allegheny Mountains
Alleghenies
Nelson
National Air Transport
Bull Run
Bellefonte
Health Board Adopts Resolution on Smallpox Vaccination
The local health board issues a resolution to prevent smallpox spread requiring pupils and school employees to show satisfactory evidence of vaccination within the past five years or proof of prior smallpox recovery before attending or remaining in schools while the order is in effect.
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Board of Health
Greendyke Family Visiting Relatives Over Thanksgiving
Mrs. W. E. Greendyke and her children Richard and Alice are visiting relatives here for Thanksgiving, spending the holiday with family in this city.
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W. E. Greendyke
Richard
Alice
Diptheria Claims Life of Little Annie Marie Musil
Three year old Annie Marie Musil of a southwest town died from diphtheria at 3 30 AM. Her family is quarantined and a sister remains near death as doctors work to prevent further spread. Funeral services are planned at L A Jones with Rev. Carl W Klein in charge.
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Anna Marie Musil
A. B. Musil
Musil
L. A. Jones
Carl W. Klein
Dr. W. Stewart
Annie Marie
Merger Confirmed for WHO and WOC Iowa Radio
Des Moines and Davenport radio stations WHO and WOC were confirmed as merging by Dr B J Palmer of Davenport and Gerald S Nollen of Bankers Life. The plan creates an Iowa corporation to buy both stations and grant one full time channel by January 1.
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Des Moines
U.P
WHO
WOC
Davenport
B. J. Palmer
Gerald S. Nollen
Bankers Life Company
Whiih
Nollen
Iowa Corporation
Iowa Capital
Federal Radio Commission
Washington High Opens Basketball Practice With Large Candidates
Coach Jim Shultz starts the Washington high basketball season with a large squad. Captain Kiesey, Ahrens, Wells, Westermark, Schilly, McAvoy, Raymond, Mohr, Jones, Miller and others return experience. A bout with Springville is set for this weekend, plus Kalona and Libbey in December. The Little Six slate opens December 19 with Muscatine, and includes Ottumwa Fairfield Mt. Pleasant Burlington in January and February, plus two games with Sigourney.
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Jim Shultz
Washington
Kiesey
Ahrens
Wells
Westermark
Schilly
McAvoy
Raymond
Mohr
Jones
Miller
Heenke
Oelwein
Toledo
Ohio
Hod” Rice
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Sigourney
Nearly 800 Join Washington County Red Cross Drive
Mrs. Rose Reid, roll call chair by for the Washington county Red Cross, says the county drive from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving yields 758 members so far. Complete reports from towns like Washington, Wellman, Riverside, Ainsworth, Crawfordsville, Brighton, Kalona, and West Chester are expected to push totals above 800.
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Rose Reid
Washington County
Red Cross
Washington
Wellman
Riverside
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Brighton
Kalona
West Chester
Reid
Deadly weekend violence toll tops 100 in nation
United Press reports over a violent weekend across the United States pushed the death toll beyond 100 as severe cold worsened accidents and shipping mishaps. Notable incidents include ten deaths in Olney Virginia from a split rail collision. two freight train head-ons in Sibley Town. six Norwalk California college students killed in a dance rush. miners buried in West Frankfort Illinois after an explosion. and mariners lost near Sault Ste. Marie Michigan.
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United Press
United States
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Olney
Pennsylvania
Sibley
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Sable Point
Lake Superior
Norwalk
Calif
Santa Fe
Old Ben Coal Company
West Frankfort
Ill
Atlantic Theater Fire Ends With Personnel Safe
A early evening blaze in Atlantic Iowa damaged the Atlantic theater with an estimated loss of 665000. Three injured slightly and about 1000 patrons escaped unharmed as Hilton Frost of Des Moines alerted the crowd and Clarence Lay helped evacuate before the projection room fire trapped him briefly. The fire spread to five nearby buildings but caused only minor damage beyond the theater. The building, leased by O C Johnson, had been remodeled within the year at a cost of 15000.
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Hilton Frost
Des Moines
Fox Film Company
Clarence Lay
Lay
Farmers’ Savings Bank
O. C. Johnson
Local canvass unfinished at Kajlona prompts additions
Report notes Kajlona still awaiting full canvass with many likely names to be added to the list as of last Thursday.
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Kajlona
Coast Guardsmen Save Eighteen Men From Lake Steamer
Six sailors died in a furious Lake Superior blizzard after the grain steamer Kiowa wrecked on Sable Point. Coast guardsmen battled waves to rescue 18 survivors by breeches buoy as Captain Alex T. Young and four others perished when a lifeboat capsized. The Kiowa sailed from Duluth three days earlier and was due in port yesterday.
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Alex. T. Young
O. W
Cold Wave Grips Midwest as Death Toll Rises
A second northbound cold wave swept the Midwest bringing extreme lows and heavy snow. The blizzard stretched from the Dakotas to the central states with at least 21 more deaths nationwide and 30 in accidents. Hunters faced hardships. nine missing on the Taquamenon River near Sault Ste. Marie feared lost. Relief workers distributed fuel and clothing. Great Lakes warnings issued as Denver highways were blocked by snowdrifts.
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Sankatchewan
Dakotas
Central States
Rocky Mountain
United States
Canada
Michigan Woods
Taquamenau River
Sault Ste. Marie
Great Lakes
Denver
Young Receives Jail Term For Liquor Nuisance
L. F. Young of east of Ainsworth was sentenced by Judge J. G. Patterson this morning to four months in the county jail and a $300 fine after pleading guilty to maintaining a liquor nuisance. Clyde Little was sent to the Anamosa state reformatory after parole revocation. he had been sentenced last May to up to ten years.
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L. F. Young
East of
Ainsworth
J. G. Patterson
Clyde Little
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Patterson
Louise Ewing Returns to Fairfield After Thanksgiving
Louise Ewing returned this morning to Fairfield where she attends Parsons College after spending Thanksgiving vacation at home.
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Louise Ewing
Fairfield
Parsons College
Tax Cut Plan Opens 71st Congress with 160 Million Reduction
Washington moves to adopt a 1 percent tax cut for individuals and corporations as the new congress convenes. President Hoover’s budget message signals a favorable fiscal outlook. Mellon to testify to outline how the cut applies, with aims to pass before December 20 holidays.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senate
House
State of the Union
Mellon
Auto Licenses In Big Demand In Washington County
At eleven this morning 77 automobile licenses for 1930 were issued to residents of Washington county with corresponding plates. The county treasurer holds 300 mail applications to be processed as fast as staff allows. Frank McKay and Mrs. McKay received license No. L, Hoyt Gardner earned No. 2, and Fred Downing took Nos. 3 and 4. About 6,000 licenses will be issued to county owners over the next year, most in the coming month.
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Washington County
Frank McKay
Washington
Hoyt Gardner
Lexington
Fred Downing
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