Plane Dawn Missing Over Atlantic Sparks Coast Guard Search
Naval and coast guard units moved toward Sable Island to locate the Dawn missing after takeoff from Roosevelt Field with four aboard. Los Angeles and Sturtevant led a widening search, with Mahan and destroyers focusing on the Sable Island district amid signals from WMU and reports of engine trouble. The hunt involved vessels, airships, and radio coordination across New England and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. S. Sturtevant
Sable Island
Coast Guard
Francis Grayson
Los Angeles
Cape Cod
Emerald Bank
Stewart
Sturtevant
Mahan
Shaw
Monaghan
Downes
Navy
New York
Frances Grayson
Provincetown
New England States
WMU
Roosevelt Field
L. I
Grayson
Oskar Omdahl
Brice Goldsborough
Fred Koenler
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Atlantic
England
Copenhagen
Marine Department
U. S
United Press
Charleston Navy Yard
Boston
Brown Banks
Cape Sable
Wellfleet
Mass
Fostoria Beats Locals 32 19 In Washinton Tilt
Fostoria from Ohio defeated Washington 32 to 19 before a large hometown crowd at the Washington high school gym. Hariman led Fostoria with five baskets, Dowell and Barger added four each, while Fisher starred for Washington with consistent shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fostoria
Ottumwa
Washinton
Hed Rice
Washington
Buzz Hogan
Ohio
Fisher
Harriman
Dowell
Barger
H. Tucker
Wale Harriman
Young Man Kidnaps Unionville Teacher Sought
Unionville Missouri December 27 officers across northern Missouri and southern Iowa searched for Joy Reynolds 22 of Unionville after he allegedly abducted Pauline Thompson a 20 year old school teacher from a country school Reynolds reportedly used a gun to force the girl to accompany him and students alerted authorities prompting a nightlong manhunt
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Unionville
Documents in Mexico Easy to Buy
Witness before the senate Mexican investigating committee labeled Miguel Avila a notorious purveyor of forged papers for William Randolph Hearst. Frank G. McLaughlin of EL Sol Petroleum testified that the traffic in documents is a Mexico City business and that Avila is a surveyor of such documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miguel Avila
William Randolph Hearst
Senate
Frank G. McLaughlin
EL Sol Petroleum Company
Mexico City
Avila
McLaughlin
Martin M. Yockey Dies at Mason City Odd Fellows Home
Martin Melville Yockey died last night at the Odd Fellows home in Mason City after years of paralysis. The body will be brought to Wellington with funeral arrangements pending. He was a carpenter, longtime resident, and active Washington Odd Fellows member. He leaves three sisters Mrs Belle Huskins Wilburton Oklahoma Mrs George Robinson Fairfield and Mrs Nettie Waterman Fairfield.
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Martin Melville Yockey
Odd Fellows
Mason City
Wellington
Yockey
Mr. Yockey
Daniel
Jane
Kilgore) Yocrhey
Washington Odd Fellows Lodge
Belle Huskins
Wilburton
Okla
George Robinson
Fairfield
Nettie Waterman
Two Christmas Days Celebrated in Washington
Christmas was celebrated twice in Washington this year with sunny mild weather. Sunday and Monday enjoyed clear skies and temperatures from 46 to 24 degrees, and many Washington Country Club members relaxed on the golf course. The season featured large distributions of Christmas baskets and gifts across the community.
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Washington
Washington Country Club
Marriage Licenses Issued At County Court House
J Dent Wilson of Eddyville and Beth Madaline Huff man of Wellman wed at the court house along with Cecil W Davison of Keota and Edith B Emde of Wellman Levi Blanchard of Washington and Helen G Jones of Washington where licenses were issued amid a batch of civil registrations.
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Court House
J. Dent Wilson
Eddyville
Beth Madaline Huffman
Wellman
Cecil W. Davison
Keota
Edith B. Emde
Levi Blanchard
Washington
Helen G. Jones
Washing
Christmas Boozing Claims Five Lives in Chicago
Five persons died and about twenty were hospitalized from acute alcoholism after Christmas celebrations in Chicago. Poison liquor caused four deaths, while a man who had been drinking toppled a stove leading to another fatality. Nearly 200 people were jailed for drunkenness, and a known death list from the holiday liquor tally reached sixteen. Six men and three women died at Bellevue Hospital overnight and yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Funeral of C A Davidson Held in Washington
Funeral services for Charles Albert Davidson were held at 2 30 PM at L A Jones funeral home. Rev A A Vinz of the Baptist church conducted the service and burial took place in Elm Grove Cemetery. Davidson, born May 28 1870 in Butler county Pennsylvania, died after a heart illness. Survived by widow Corda Belle Jacobs Davidson and four daughters Mrs Ben Ward Mrs Ellis Scott Iona and Mrs Frank Dagle and one daughter at home seven grandchildren two brothers and one sister. He had worked fifteen years in road work for Washington county and was a respected employee and member of the Christian church and Modern Woodmen lodge.
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L. A. Jones
Charles Albert Davidson
A. A. Vinz
The
Baptist Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Davidson
Butler County
Thomas R
Martha J. (Wallace) Davidson
Washington
Corda Belle Jacobs
Ben Ward
Ainsworth
Ellis Scott
Cornelloon
Iona
Frank Dagle
Margaret
John W
Perry Davidson
John Lucas
Columbus Junction
Christian Church
Woodman Lodge
Christmas Program at Christian Church Presented
The Christmas program at the Christian Church featured a hymn Tell me the Story of Jesus, readings by Nita Haney and Lois Spinler, a play No Room In The Inn with Joseph Charles Goodin and Mary Mane Jackson, and Santa Claus readings. Mrs Ed Mayhew and Mrs L A Foss managed the event.
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Jesus
Sam Dorat
Merle Gonder
Nita Haney
Conpicpation
Lois Spinler
Wilma Moore
Charles Goodin
Joseph
Mane Jackson
Mary
Orville Foss
Inkeeper
Wise Men
Donald Foss
Shepherds
Eugene Tucker
Carl Fredrickson
Dale Mitchell
Santa Claus
Joe Greenfield
Ed Mayhew
L. A. Foss
Injured Driver Reunites After Runaway Team Wrecks Wagon
Roy R. Gordon sustained cuts and bruises when his team bolted west of town, tipping a wagon of corn into a ditch and tossing the driver into a fence. Passersby carried him to town for treatment and the team and wagon were later retrieved.
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Roy R. Gordon
Blizzard in Britain Causes Heavy Damage and Disruptions
A brutal blizzard in Britain's Isles triggers deaths and injuries as snowdrifts close rail lines. Three bodies found, trains wrecked, telegraph and telephone service interrupted, and hundreds stranded in cars. European storms hit France Belgium Spain and Morocco with floods and damaged vessels. In Japan seas storms disrupt telegraph and rail traffic.
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London
British Isles
Europe
Paris
sDec
Serbia
Greece
Belgium
Spain
France
Morocco
Raymond
Rotterdam
Cherbourg
Band Concert Promises New Original Features at Graham Theatre
A Thursday concert at the New Graham Theatre will showcase monologues titled har monology plus the Iowa gongs just printed and a ne gro specialty in the Two Black Crows line. The Jazz Squad and Parsons College quartet headline interludes, with a 2:30 children’s matinee and an evening show at 7:00.
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Graham Theatre
Iowa
Armory
Parsons College Quartette
Card of Thanks from the McKay Family
The brothers of Archie EB McKay and their families express sincere appreciation for the kindnesses and expressions of sympathy shown by friends at the time of his death and funeral.
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Archie EB
McKay
Mrs Lindbergh to Return by Air As Lindy Starts South
Mrs Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh plans to depart for the United States shortly after her son Col Charles A. Lindbergh lifts off on his Central American tour aboard the Spirit of St. Louis. The Ford plane will fly via Tampico, San Antonio, Indianapolis and Detroit, carrying a fruit basket for Henry Ford. Lindbergh spent time at Valbuena field with embassy staff and Mexican officials aboard tour flights.
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Mexico City
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Col. Lindbergh
Detroit
Henry Ford
Lindbergh
Valbuena Field
Dwight Morrow
Detailed report on Good Fellows work by U's Men's Club
A community report outlines the Good Fellows effort funded by the U's Men's Club showing eighty five complete baskets valued by items purchased locally for food clothing and toys. The ledger lists purchases such as chickens flour nuts lard rice butter sugar and canned goods totaling 231 50 and details baskets containing corn peas honings pork and beans and other provisions for eighty five families this Christmas.
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Good Fellows
U's Men's Club
Comite
Exonerate Driver in Aged Woman Death
Herman Peters of Hinton was cleared by a coroner's jury in Sioux City over the death of Mrs. Pred Olson of Sioux City. Olson, 82, was struck by Peters' car, which he said he could not stop in the icy road after being blinded by another vehicle's headlights. The woman suffered a fractured skull broken jaw crushed chest and multiple injuries.
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Stoux City
Herman Peters
Hinton
Pred Olson
Sioux City
Peters
Girl Cries As Sweetheart Hangs Self Near Davenport
Police search for a girl who cried as Leroy Larkin, 23, hanged himself to a boxcar in Davenport Iowa. A night watchman heard the cries and found the body suspended from a belt to a band rail. The girl who quarreled with him after a Christmas Eve dance had disappeared.
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Davenport
Leroy Larkin
Larkin
Shenandoah Man Celebrates 102nd Birthday
Henry Homewood, age 102, marks his birthday and holidays at his daughter Mrs Fred Pace’s home in Shenandoah Iowa. Born December 25 1825 in Highfield Sussex England, Homewood remains spry for his age as town celebrations continue. Miss Ruth McGinnis visited Muscatine for a weekend with friends.
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Shenandoah, Ta
Henry Homewood
Fred Pace
Homewood
Huirfield
Sussex
England
Hickman Is Returned to Los Angeles
Williams Edward Hickman, 19, arrived secretly in Los Angeles after being captured in Pendleton Oregon. He was driven to the hall of justice and booked as William Edward Hickman amid a tense crowd outside the Old Court House.
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Hickman
Los Angeles
Hall of Justice
Asa Keyes
Pendleton
Ore
Marion Parkser
the Fox
California
Fred Wilson
Registration Bureau
Old Court House
De«tectie Lucas
J. Silkman
William Edward Hickman
Arkansas
Silkman
Cal
Wiiliams
Edward Hickman
Kansas City
Marion Parker
Attoreney Asa “Eyes
Andrew Cramer
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Mexico
Mex
Ican
Martin M. Yockey
Fellows Home
Paneral
IDBAL
C. A. Davidson
Washington Man
VICK
TODA
Britain
Saxham
Suffolk
Thames Valley
Japan Sea
Tokio
PROM
Graham
Mrs. Lindbergh
Lindy
Sweetheart
Ruth McGinnis
Muscatine
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