Better Washing ton club elects H C Ward president
The Better Washington club elected H C Ward president for the coming year at its annual meeting last night led by retiring president Paul Gorham. Wisie Long became vice president Vernon Crull was re elected secretary and Ray Whitehead treasurer. About fifty members attended the dinner before the vote.
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Larry CC. Ward
Better Washington Club
Wisie Long
Vernon Crull
Ray Whitehead
Paul Gorham
Fairfield Beats Burlington 19 to 16 to Tie First Place
Fairfield defeated Burlington 19 16 to finish the Little Six schedule in a tie with Mt. Pleasant for first place. Ottumwa and Washington meet next Wednesday with possible tiebreak implications. Albia beat Burlington 35 18 in junior college action and Muscatine defeated Centerville 23 17.
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Fairfield
Burlington
Mt. Pleasant
Ottumwa
Washington
Muscatine
Mrs Anderson and Nellie Visit Clyde Lambert Then Caldwell Home
Mrs Charles Anderson and daughter Nellie spent Friday afternoon with Clyde Lambert. That evening the trio visited Silas and Howard Caldwell with Mrs Anderson and Nellie joining Lloyd.
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Charles Anderson
Nellie
Clyde Lambert
Cardinals Beat Monmouth Freshmen Lead Scoring Spree
Washington junior college Cardinals defeated Monmouth college freshmen 43 to 36 at Monmouth Illinois. Ahrens scored seven field goals and four free throws in the win as Washington led from early on. Tonight they travel to Quincy to face Gem City business college in a broadcasted game.
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Washington Junior College Cardinals
Quincy
Ill
Monmouth College
Monmouth Ill
Ahrens
Washington
Monmouth
Cardinals
Gem City Business College
Congress Passes Banking Relief Bill to Resolve Differences
Both chambers approved a Glass-Steagall banking relief bill en route to a conference as they prepare to iron out House Senate differences. The measure aims to expand currency and gold reserves, authorize loans to smaller and grouped banks, and allow currency issuance on U S obligations to boost deposits and confidence.
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Congress
Washington
INS
House
Senate
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
American Minister to Costa Rica Ends Revolt
In San Jose on February 20 the capital rested after four days of fighting that left 25 dead and many wounded. American minister Charles C. Eberhardt brokered peace by inviting rebel and government leaders to the U S legation where rebels agreed to surrender if their leaders could depart Costa Rica, stabilizing the country.
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Costa Rica
San Jose
Charles C. Eberhardt
Manuel Castro Queseda
Funeral of Lucio Reyes Held at Letts
Funeral services for Lucio J. Reyes a Rock Island railway laborer at Letts were conducted this afternoon by Father Joseph O Donnell from St James church. He died of influenza at 61. Interment followed in Elm Grove cemetery. Reyes was an uncle of Jeff.
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A. Jones
Lucio J. Reyes
Rock Island
Letts
Joseph O'Donnell
St. James Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Reyes
Jeff
Soviet Tractor Plant Seen Producing Munitions
From Warsaw reports dated February 20 194?, military circles in Poland note a sharp drop in daily output at the Stalingrad tractor plant and nearby facilities in Charkov Leningrad and Rostow. They believe these plants are quietly turning to munitions as Russia may intervene in the Far Eastern crisis this spring amid grain requisitions and famine in the Volga valley.
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Warsaw
INS
Stalingrad
Charkov
Leningrad
Rostow
Red Army
Volga Valley
No Mail Delivery Here Next Monday
Postmaster Harry McCall announces no mail delivery next Monday in observance of Washington's Birthday. General delivery at the post office will be open for stamp sales from eight to ten in the morning.
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Harry McCall
Washington
Wounded in Gun Battle on Streets
Chicago report from February 20 details a clash with eight bandits during a clothing store robbery. Two robbers were wounded, pursued through city blocks, then loaded into their car by comrades as police exchanged fire. the rest escaped, later joined by another squad. In Ringwood Illinois on February 26, five bandits robbed Ringgold state bank of 5000, forcing cashier Walter Buck to open the safe and drive him deep into the countryside before release.
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Chicago
INS
Ringwood
McHenry County
Ringgold State Bank
Walter Buck
Washington Week Observed With Flags and Displays
Crowds fill town for opening of Washington Week a cool day of flags window displays and street cleaning. Local stores plan special displays and values through next week with Bicentennial events by organizations schools and churches continuing through February 27.
Span ish War Camp Elects Officers In Crawfordsville
Albert M. Huff camp of Spanish War veterans names Commander Harvey Barnes Crawfordsville and senior vice John C. Jones Ainsworth. J H Baird Washington as junior vice, W L Graves adjutant, H H McCleery quartermaster. Women's auxiliary elects Mrs Harry Crone president and other officers at courthouse meeting.
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Albert M. Huff
Harvey Barnes
Crawfordsville
John C. Jones
Ainsworth
J. H. Baird
Washington
W L. Graves
H. H. McCleery
Better Washington Club
Harry Crone
Carlton Wilson
Hulda Olds
Mt. Pleasant
Claude Heister
Walter Graves
Mary Starr
Luella Barnes
Helen Baird
Martha Reister
Marietta McCoy
Nellie Wolfe
Japan's First Day Offensive Stalls Against Kiangwan Village
International News Service reports from Shanghai that 30 000 Japanese troops endured twelve hours of bombardment and attempts to take Kiangwan, but Chinese defenders remain entrenched. Tokyo officials claim progress while observers doubt success and Chinese losses are undisclosed.
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International News Service
Shanghai
Japan
Kiangwan
Imperial Japanese Army
China
Sat
Howard Wilson Taken by Death
Howard Scott Wilson aged 58 died this morning in the Masonic home at Edendorf near Davenport after years of ill health. He had lived in Bettendorf since last fall and was born in Washington. Funeral services will be held in Clinton Monday with the Masons in charge. He married Belle Taylor in Clinton in 1899 and leaves a daughter Marian Florence, two sisters Mrs. M. B. Dicken and Miss Louisa Wilson, and a brother.
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Howard Scott Wilson
Edendorf
Davenport
Washington
Bettendorf
Clinton
Masons
Mr. Wilson
William Wilson, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Belle Taylor
Marian Florence
M. B. Dicken
Louisa Wilson
Washington, D. C
Funeral Sunday at Hebner Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Joln Altenhofen are announced for Sunday at 2 30 p m at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Hefner Dr Fr C Witzigman of the Methodist church will conduct the services Friends may attend at the home but interment at Elm Grove cemetery will be private Mrs Altenhofen formerly Miss Nell Hebner died Thursday night in a Chicago hospital after an illness of several weeks The funeral party arrived from Chicago including her husband John Altenhofen Miss Lou Vogt of Chicago a childhood friend Mrs George Challa
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Joln Altenhofen
Charles Hefner
FR. C. Witzigman
Methodist Church Friends
Elm Grove Cemetery
Altenhofen
Nell Hebner
Chicago
John Altenhofen
Lou Vogt
George Challa
Omaha Soldier Owen C G Wilson Mentioned
Owen C G Wilson of Omaha is noted as a Spanish American War veteran who served in Company D, a unit composed of Washington youths.
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Owen CG. Wilson
Omaha
Mr. Wilson
Washington
Will Rogers on taxes and world war talk
Will Rogers jokes about Chicago taxes and borrowed money while commenting on war talk. He compares the city to a large nation and notes that the U.S. would enter a war for a minor cause, suggesting many wars would require a bookkeeper.
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Chicago
China
Pieper Speaks at Reno Meeting Amid Union Call
Joe Pieper of near Kalona chaired a Reno meeting Friday while Milo Reno spoke. Pieper urged careful voting and urged joining a radical Farmers Union to solve farming issues. Glenn Miller was absent, and Robert Moore did not speak.
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Joe Pieper
Kalona
Milo Reno
Reno
Pieper
Glenn Miller
Farmers’ Union
Mechanicsville
Robert Moore
Iteno
Farm Board
National Grain Corporation
Kansas
Death notices tie Chicago trip to sister’s passing
Combe of Chicago and Mr and Mrs Manton Hebner traveled to Chicago after word of a sister’s death reached them. Miss Elizabeth Finlay, former superintendent at Washington County Hospital where Mrs Altenhofen worked eleven years, is expected tonight from Wadesboro North Carolina to attend the funeral.
Kiangwan near Shanghai under heavy bombardment in 16 hour siege
Japanese forces surround the shell torn Kiangwan village after a prolonged assault. Chinese defenders hold a foothold amid heavy losses on both sides as tanks and aircraft are reported damaged. A Chinese destroyer was reportedly hit and later a protest over Soochow university doors seals is filed with Japanese authorities.
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Shanghai
INS
Kiangwan
London
Edwin S. Cunningham
Murai
Soochow University
Cunningham
Japanese Voters Cast Ballots in Crucial Election
Tokyo voters go to the polls to elect a new Diet replacing the one dissolved January 21. The incumbent Selyukai party seeks about 30 seats, shaping foreign and domestic policy directions for the government.
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Tokyo
INS
Japan
Selyukai
Pary
China
Washington Teams Set for County Tournament Semis
Crawfordsville Feb 26 semi finals in Washington county high school basketball include West Chester versus Kalona at 2 30 and Washington against Ainsworth in the afternoon. Winners meet in tonight’s championship with the consolation game for the afternoon losers. First round scores show West Chester 25 Brighton 15 Kalona 18 Crawfordsville 9 Ainsworth 338 Brighton 18 Washington 5 Riverside 10.
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Crawfordsville
Washington County
West Chester
Kalona
Washington and
Ainsworth
Brighton
Kaona
Washington
Riverside
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Better Washington
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Applegate
H. R. Lund
Walter Conner
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Lucio Reyes
Russia
Sotello
Ringwood Bank
Illinois
DOW Displays
Chapei
Gibbons
BY Floyd Gibbons
Kiang-wan
Howard Wilson
Bettern
Hebner Home
Mrs. Alpen
Horen
Blek
Ial
Elm Grove
Will Rogers
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