Airliner crash near Passinghton leaves three dead
A passenger plane carrying four people from Cleveland to Louisville crashed into a hayfield near Brighton in fog. Pilot Bowen and one passenger died. two others badly hurt and a third passenger remained near death in a hospital. Farmers assisted in extricating victims.
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Ingfield
Peggy
Icon Airways
Passinghton
O. Q
Cleveland
Louisville
Bowen
C. L. Snodgrass
Brighton
L. L. Bowen
Columbus
Rain and liquor claim three lives in Cleveland New Year tragedy
A blinding rainstorm at New Year in Cleveland coupled with liquor led to three deaths and ten injuries in automobile wrecks. Hit and run drivers caused two deaths, a 50 year old woman among them, while police blamed liquor for about half the accidents. Wet roads and a truck collision near Lorain also left several near death.
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Cleveland
Lorain
New York Central
Wet Year Across 1931 With Record Rainfall
The year closed as one of the wettest on record for the weather service station with 42.97 inches of moisture, only surpassed by 1902's 49.96 inches. Months remained damp except February. December was moist and mild with a low of 11 degrees on the 14th and 5 degree variance day to day.
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Ineh
Montis
Aly
Iowa
Japanese Advance Near Chinchow Reaches Talingho Station
Japanese forces under Gen Jiro Tamon crossed the Taling river and occupied Talingho station within distance of Chinchow. Chinese defenders reportedly retreating as forces guard the river and bands kill a Japanese correspondent and motorcycle rider near Yinkow.
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Tokio
Jiro Tamon
Taling River
Talingho Station
Chinchow
Tamong
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Great Wall
Asahi
Yinkow
Hamer to lead state 4H club boys. Simonsen wins college award
Burlin Hamer of Waterloo will head the state 4H club boys organization as president. Wayne Tyler of Afton is vice president, Don Van Evera of Davenport secretary, John Fowler of Blairsville treasurer, succeeding Bob Ward of Fort Dodge. Arvile Simonsen of Hudson, ISU student, receives the award for outstanding 4H club work at college and for transmitting club training to her local club.
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Ames
Burlin Hamer
Waterloo
Waller
Wayne Tyler
Afton
Don van Evera
Davenport
John Fowler
Blairsburg
Hamer
Bob Ward
Fort Dodge
Arvile Simonsen
Hudson
Iowa State Teachers College
First New Year baby Barbara Jean Godwin named
Barbara Jean Godwin, seven pounds eleven ounces, daughter of Homer and Mrs. Godwin, born at 426 East Jefferson Street. The Journal notes potential gifts from local merchants for the county’s first 1982 baby and asks for physician confirmation of exact birth details.
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Journal
Barbara Jean Godwin
Homer Godwin
East
Jefferson Street
Margaret H. Rose
Barbara Jean
Washington
Washington County
Wolf Floral Co
Lemmon's Jewelry Store
H. & A. Baking Co
Klein Klothing Co
Sherman Bros
Montgomery Ward & Co
H. Ward & Co
George L. McDaniel
Welch Moore Shoe Co
Mayo's
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Widmer’s Clothes Shop
Scott Furniture Co
J. A. Harwood and Son
Crone and Sons
the Evening Journal
New Plate Totals Mark End of Year Registrations
Washington county reports 4 016 cars and 408 trucks licensed by year end with about 100 applications pending for December list. January renewals incur a 1 dollar penalty and driving without plates is illegal until new plates are attached. About 7 000 driver licenses have been applied for as authorities urge prompt compliance. The cash balance in the treasurer's office was counted by the board of supervisors as required.
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Washington County
Sheriff's Office
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Blizzard Subsides as Snow Ends and Fog Remains
The wind and snow storm subsided yesterday evening, temperatures moderated, and today is foggy with no remaining snow. Other parts of the state report continued snow coverage.
New Year Fireworks Seen From Pikes Peak Summit
A small Adaman club of eleven mountaineers welcomed the new year from the snow covered summit of Pikes Peak. A photographer and radio crew joined as rockets rose over 1,000 feet in brilliant white, green, and red to honor Roald Amundsen. The temperature at midnight was four degrees below zero, noted as the warmest in years for the hour. Residents as far as Denver saw the display and the lights from base towns and distant cities.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Pikes Peak
Adaman Club
Denver
Smmall
Roald Amundsen
Bomb Explosion Warms Theater Lobby in Kansas City
A bomb shattered the Baltis theater lobby in Kansas City injuring no one and causing about 5000 dollars in damage. Police also defused a fuse and 12 sticks of dynamite at the St John theater shortly after the new year. The Balls bombing dated Oct 18, 1930, involved discharged union operators.
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Kansas City
St. John Theater
Car Plunge Drowns Ten in Calumet River Tragedy
In heavy rain a car carrying nine relatives and two families plunged into the Calumet river near Chicago. Only Jacob Schiller survived after rescuers failed to free the drowned victims for hours. The group included Schiller’s wife and three children and John Postman and his wife and three children. Postman, a New Era hardware dealer, was Schiller’s brother in law.
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Chicago
Calumet River
Jacob Schiller
Coopersville
Mich
Senea
Alverna
Louis
Shirley
John Postman
New Era
Mic
Demons Defeat Burlington 20 to 16 in Openers
Washington high school Demons topple Burlington 20 16 in a slow sloppy Little Six basketball opener. Substitutes Lytle and Jones sparked a third quarter run lifting Washington to a 19 14 lead after three periods.
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Burlington
Washington High School Demons
Washington
Bennett
Demons
Lytle
Jones
Jim Shultz
New Year Merriment Welcomed in Washington
The year 1932 was welcomed with hundreds staying up to see 1931 depart and 1932 arrive. Dances and small parties followed, a watch night service was held at Trinity Lutheran church, and a large crowd enjoyed a New Year party at the State theater with a fine time reported.
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Washington
Trinity Lutheran Church
State Theater
Nocles Reflects on China and Expert Myths
In Shanghai, Nocles muses on staying too long in China and learning through dialogue. He argues that with more talking comes more uncertainty and mocks experts who claim to know China, noting Confucius was last to truly understand and now he is confused.
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Shanghai
Dee
China
Confucius
State Theater Hosts 1932 Watch Party
Pratt boys staged a midnight show celebration at the State theater drawing hundreds in a festive scene despite bad weather. Patrons wore issue caps blew horns balloons and rattlers as two hours of midnight sun marked 1931 giving way to 1932 with many out of town visitors enjoying the event.
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Pratt Boys
State Theater
Iowan Murdered at New Year Party in Sioux City
At the Dixie Inn nightclub in Sioux City Iowa a New Year party ended in gunfire striking John F Lucken 28 of Akron Iowa. He died en route to the hospital. Police arrested about six people but could not identify the killer.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Dixie Inn
John F. Lucken
Akron
Lucken
Emmetsburg Routs Washington Cardinals In Easy Hoops Win
Washington Cardinals defeated Emmetsburg 60 to 28 showing a fast scoring pace that overwhelmed the husky Emmetsburg junior college lineup. Slater stood out for Emmetsburg with over half his team’s points but could not overcome Washington’s relentless attack.
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Emmetsburg
Washington
Emmetsburgers
Slater
Wash
Everett Hays Wins State 4H Hog Judging Award
Everett Hays son of Mr and Mrs Emmett Hays of Washington captured the A L Anderson award for the highest score in individual hog judging at the state short course for boys at Ames. County Agent Harold Montgomery returned home with four boys James Birney Merle Warner and Junior McConnell who spoke over the Ames radio. Nearly 400 boys competed in judging contests and listened to lectures and demonstrations by state college professors.
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Everett Hays
Emmett Hays
Washington
A. L. Anderson
Ames
Harold Montgomery
James Birney
Merle Warner
Junior McConnell
Junior
State College
Tighten Net on Band of Terrorists
Authorities tighten the net on a group of bombmakers linked to 16 deadly bombs sent from New York and points east. Three people were killed in Pa and others may still be active in transit. Postal inspectors mobilize nationwide to trace roots of the terrorist plot amid warnings and countermeasures.
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New York
U.P
Easton
Express
Washington
Y,p
Kiaston
New York Police Department
Baston
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Youngstown
O. Chicago
Oscar Durante
Chiecago
Associated Press
Poice Maston
Charles V. Weaver
Cesar Suzzi Gradenigo
Ugo Herri Canani
Attilio Rasapepe
Demartino
Man Kills Wife Then Ends His Own Life in Peoria
Ernest Beck, 65, a Chicago tailor, traveled to Peoria to reconcile with his wife Elizabeth, 66. After failing to settle their 12 year separation, he shot Elizabeth, fired at his daughter Mary Hammond, and killed himself, dying instantly.
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Peoria
Ernest Beck
Elizabeth
Beck
Chicago
Mary Hammond
4H Livestock and Grain Judging Honors Awarded
At the state club convention in Ames the Johnson county 4H boys won livestock judging team honors. Franklin county boys captured grain judging team honors with a tie between Willis Danielson and Gerald Brown. Individual livestock judge Frederick Deerman of Sac City earned top honors, and Everett Harper of Washington county won first in hog judging.
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Ames
Johnson County
Franklin County
Frederick Deerman
Sac City
Willis Danielson
Gerald Brown
Everett Harper
Washington County
Night Watchman Killed After Being Struck by Car
Sid Quaintance a 70 year old night watchman died when struck by a car driven by H BR Smith of Toledo in Denison authorities reported.
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Denison
Sid Quaintance
H. BR. Smith
Toledo
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