Earthquakes Ravage Santiago Cuba Killing Dozens
Havana reports indicate a deadly quake sequence in Santiago Cuba with a rising death toll and hundreds injured. The cathedral tower fell and the city’s jail roof collapsed as residents fled and sought shelter in plazas and countryside.
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Santiago
Havana
New York
INS
Cuba
UN Santiago Hospital
Cathedral Tower
Santiago Cathedral
Moncada
Isabela I
Spain
Trader Horn Draws Crowd At Fox Benefit Screenings
A large crowd filled the Fox as Trader Horn played this week as a relief fund benefit for Washington unemployment relief. The Africa filmed scenes depict wild animals and natives in costume and ritual dances. Showings continue tonight and tomorrow under theater manager Ralph Pratt’s cooperation.
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Trader Sorn
the Fox
Washington
Africa
Ralph Pratt
Speaker Opposes Smoking for Girls at United Presbyterian
Rev Virgil C Finnell spoke at United Presbyterian Church on why girls smoke blaming tobacco companies for samples and ads He showed slides of ads and the tobacco habit’s effects on organs The event drew about 300 attendees and included talks at the high school junior high and ward schools
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Virgil C. Finnell
United Presbyterian Church
DC. Moulton
F.C. Witaigwan
Legion Post Forms Two Public Safety Teams
At the Leon Beatty post meeting on February meeting leaders named Jay Brown A K B Baldrige and Howard Baxter to organize two public safety item teams of six. A Friday city hall meeting will finalize formation and begin practice with a aim to choose a post representative for state Legion contests. Troop F equipment will be used for indoor range practice and a committee will attend a Des Moines meeting February 22 with other posts.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion
Legion
Jay Brown
A. K B. Baldrige
Howard Baxter
Victor Crone
City Hall
Leon Betty Post
Des Moines
Rodney Arnold
Everette Smith
Jesse Radda
Aaron Stafford
Washington junior college and high school hoops week
Three games on two nights highlight the Washington program on the high school court. On Thursday the junior college faces Tipton and Centerville at 7:30, then Friday the high school Demons host Burlington with a win needed to finish the Little Six season even.
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Washington Junior College
High School
Tipton
Centerville
Burlington
Demons
Junior College Debates Tonight on Insurance Policy
Junior College debaters meet freshmen from the State University of Iowa at Washington High School auditorium tonight at 7 20 to argue unemployment insurance. Grant McKune Owen Sartor and another junior college student meet three UID university freshmen in a pro argument while the university team counters. No decision is given. the audience shall judge merits. A girls debate at 4 p m February 11 features Mary Mickey Ruth Foster against a university freshman team, with Miss Althea Montgomery overseeing. Debates with other junior colleges are planned for later.
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State University of
Iowa
Washington High School
Grant McKune
Owen
William Sartor
Itowa City
William Masson
Berne Enslin
University Freemen
Mary Mickey
Ruth Foster
Maccatine
Burlington
Chimney Fire Ends Without Firemen Call
Firemen were summoned to Ed Goeske home on Fast Washington Street yesterday evening for a chimney blaze but their services were not required as the fire burned out.
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Ed Goeske
Washington St
Burlington and Washington Renew Tight Iowa Rivalry
The two teams, Muscatine and Ottumwa, play a sequence of games with Burlington and Washington showing recent improvement. Washington won the earlier contest at Burlington, signaling a close matchup for this week's game as both sides strive to gain the edge.
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Muscatine
Ottumwa
Burlington
Washington
Iowa Urges Immediate U S Loans From Reconstruction Corp
Governor Turner telegrams Charles Dawes urging immediate loans through the new reconstruction corporation for Iowa. He seeks an Iowa managed, independent operation with minimal red tape to save Iowa banks and agriculture paper, avoiding Illinois connections.
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Dis Moines
INS
Government
Reconstruction Corporation
Iowa
Charles G. Dawes
Dan Turner
Two Columbus Residents Dead
Dr Spencer B Paxton veterinarian died after surgery at Bellevue hospital Muscatine aged about 60 born in Columbus City son of James Paxton and Mrs Paxton a Iowa State College graduate survived by wife Anna Buffington four children and four brothers burial in Columbus City cemetery. William R Mulhern age about 65 died at home from acute indigestion proprietor of a Columbus Junction grocery survived by wife Anna two children a granddaughter a sister and two brothers. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Columbus Junction
Spencer B. Paxton
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Paxton
Columbus City
James Paxton
Iowa State College
Ames
Anna Buffington
G. R. Bruce
Walter Simmons
Marjorie Paxton
Richard Paxton
William Paxton
Jacksonville
Fla
Charles
James
Gale
Mulhern
William R. Mulhern
Anna Benson
Mark Schaeffer
West Liberty
Annette Schaeffer
Anna Mulhern
Albert
Louis
Galesburg
Samuel Mulhern
Columbus City Cemetery
Man Wanted Here for Forgery Shot in Missouri Bank
A man wanted in 29 Iowa cities on forgery charges was shot and slightly wounded during an altercation at a Lathrop Missouri bank. He was jailed and held for Iowa authorities. He used several aliases including L F Edwards Leroy Edwards Ray Edwards George A Gray and George Storms.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lathrop
Bank
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
L. F. Edwards
Leroy Edwards
Ray Edwards
George A. Gray
George Storms
Gibbons Reports from Houston Amid Woosung Fort Attack
From the U S Houston flagship of the American Asiatic squadron Admiral Taylor monitors Japanese bombardment of the Woosung forts near Shanghai. Officials note reinforcements for Shanghai Marines and potential Japanese withdrawal from the American defense zone.
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Gibbons
Forts
International News Service
U. S. Houston
Woosung
United States
Admiral Taylor
Woosung Forts
Shanghai
Houston
Manila
Whangpoo River
Yangtzepoo
Parrott
Bowie
Texaco
Whangpoo
Yangtze
Yangtze River
Edwin S. Cunningham
Shanehal
Cunningham
Montgomery Taylor
Incomplete list of towns where he is wanted
The fragment lists Des Moines Dakota City Spirit Lake Albia Mount Pleasant Carroll Rockwell City Denison Logan Spencer Mason City Washington Leon Muscatine Garner Gowrie Webster City Shenandoah West Liberty Tama Hampton Hawarden Meservy Marengo Wau collecte
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Des Moines
Dakota City
Spirit Lake
Albia
Mount Pleasant
Carroll
Rockwell City
Denison
Logan
Spencer
Mason City
Washington
Leon
Muscatine
Garner
Gowrie
Webster City
Shenandoah
West Liberty
Tama
Hampton
Hawarden
Meservy
Marengo
Wau
Missing man sought in Iowa towns and three states
Authorities say the man is wanted in Audubon Kon Lake Park De Witt and Clinton plus towns in Missouri and Minnesota. Police request information from the public to locate the fugitive.
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Kon
Audubon
Lake Park
DeWitt
Clinton
Missouri
Minnesota
County Board Concludes February Meeting Before Noon
The county board of supervisors finished its February meeting before noon today after attending to routine matters.
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County Board of Supervisors
Japan rejects neutral zone plan amid Shanghai war
Tokyo reports foreign minister Kenkichi Yoshisawa announcing Japan cannot accept the proposed neutral zone in Shanghai without modification, opposing third party observers. Washington notes China favoring Anglo American peace terms while Japan vows to resist most points as Woosung forts are captured, Chinese troops retreat.
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Hoover
Army
Navy
Edwin S. Cunningham
Shanghai
Manila
P. I
U. S. Army
Lorenzo Gasser
Inset
Chaumont
Thirty-first Regiment
Tokyo
INS
Japan
Kenkichi Yoshisawa
Yoshisawa
Washington
China
Woosung Fort
State Department
Nanking
Wills N. Peck
Department
League of Nations
U.S
United States
Great Britain
France
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah (R
Idaho
House
Congress
Rep. McFadden
Pennsylvania
Whangpoao River
Kiangwan
Chapel
International
Parole Denied for Albert B. Fall in Elk Hill Case
The former interior secretary Albert B. Fall was denied parole and must remain in prison until May 8. He became eligible for parole on November 20 but the federal parole board ruled parole issuance unjustifiable and incompatible with society's welfare after a thorough investigation, according to chairman Arthur D. Wood.
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Washington
INS
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Elk Hill
Federal Parole Board
Fallway
Arthur D. Wood
Davenport Man Identified as Bandit Wounded at Lowden
The Lowden gun battle after the Stanwood Union Trust robbery left a bandit wounded and identified as Herman R. Wall of Davenport. He admitted participation in the Stanwood holdup, while the companion, possibly Richard Forbes, was killed. Forbes’s relatives and Iowa authorities arrived to view the body. Wall is in a Davenport jail cell, not believed to be in serious condition.
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Wall
Forbes
Linn County
Iowa
Frank Martin
Davenport
Wail
Lowdon
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W. R. Mulhery
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Tientsin Ishelled Novi
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Harbin
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Manchuria
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Ichinchow
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South Manchuria
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Parrottt
Col. Hooker
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Hooker
M Movement
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Lowden
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