IOWA COLUMN REPORTS FARM TRACTOR CRASH NEAR HANLONTOWN
A tractor and truck carrying hogs collided near Hanlontown, tossing the tractor driver Abel O. Kansa into the air. Kansa is in serious condition at a local hospital. In Fort Madison Frederick J. Alley, 29, died from injuries at Sacred Heart hospital after a six inch steel pipe struck him at the DuPont plant. authorities seek his relatives.
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Mason City
iIn
Hanlontown
Abel O. Kansa
Fort Madison
Frederick J. Alley
Sacred Yeart
duPont
Lee County
Hiker Thumbs Way to Jail With Deputy Sheriff
Harold W. Smith 82 year old hitchhiking magazine salesman was jailed on forgery charges after attempting to thumb a ride with a deputy sheriff who was seeking him. Several small checks passed at taverns and oil stations.
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Waterloo
Harold W. Smith
Officers Seek Kin of Peter Keating in Adel
The body of Peter Keating, 62, who died last week at Dallas county hospital, is held in Adel for identification. Keating, a transient, was not on file with the FBI in Washington. Authorities search for relatives to establish identity.
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Peter Keating
Adel
Dallas County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
DD. C
Keating
McAneney to leave city auditor post after 22 years
Council Bluffs reports Helen McAneney will end her term as city auditor after 22 years in office. She will not seek re election. Her father J F McAneney became city auditor in 1996 and after his death Mise McAneney, his deputy, filled the vacancy. She later served as deputy under Arther Lerson and then succeeded him after his death. In the last election she won the office herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
McAneneys
Helen McAneney
J. F. McAneney
Mise McAneney
Dipoty
Arther Lerson
Senin
Mrs Ita Wormhoudt Seeks State Secretary Post In Dem Primary
Ita Weston Wormhoudt, serving her second term as Henry county recorder, announces candidacy for secretary of state in the Democratic primaries. She is a Baptist pastor at Rome Baptist Church and a wedding officiant and state committeewoman of the Young Democrats of Iowa.
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Mount Pleasant
Itaehel Weston Wormhoudt
Henry County
Valentine praises integrated bar in Gwinnell talk
Lt. Gov. John Valentine urged young lawyers to enter politics warning about bad practices. He argued laws are shaped in committee rooms not on floors and noted lawyers in the legislature draft most bills while stressing the integrated bar reduces unauthorized practice and raises court standards.
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Grinnell
John Valentine
Gwinnell College
Lew Cluh
Senate
House
Valentine
Girl Weds Stranger in Des Moines Match Found
A 16 year old Des Moines girl Dora Irene Hobbs married William Walker 28, who she had only met on meeting day. Dora’s mother Mrs. Mae Hobbs said the couple had corresponded while Dora’s father Russell T Hobbs wrote to Walker about the marriage in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Vine
Seymour
Mae Hobbs
Dora Irene
William Walker
Dee Moines
Dora
Russell T Hobbs
Walker
Increase in Iowa diabetes death rate reported
In Des Moines a 28.9 percent rise in Iowa diabetes deaths occurred between 1923 and 1936. Rural areas saw the greatest increase, with 2,283 Iowans dying over the four years. Rural residents had about 100 more deaths per year than urban residents, and 325 more women than men died of diabetes in the period. The disease affected all ages but deaths rose after age 50.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Re Department of Health
Italy Enters Naval Construction Race
Italy joins a naval buildup effort as tax and valuation figures reveal county wide rates. Homestead credits total $97,999.84 reducing the county levy to about $641,251.13. County valuations reach $26.28 million with rail lines and utilities contributing significant assessed values and taxes. Receipts and timing for tax payments are outlined, with April 2 928 referenced for first half payments.
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Washington County
Marion
Oregon
Wahington Ee
Washington
Brighton Se
Maakt
Ainsworth
Brighton
Crawfordsville
Wellman
Riverside
Kalona
Weat Chester
Crawford
Ainsworth Se
Clay
Ener
Dutch Creek Riverside
English River
Kalona Se
Franklin
West Chester
Highland Ee
Coppock
Iowa
Jackson
Lime Creek
Dutch Creek
Fands Inglish Rive
I Highlander
Generals
County
Crawford i
River
Lowa Enneweenes Danas
Ruby Brouillette Invited to White House Conference
A maternity nurse from Washington County Health Unit, Ruby Brouillette, is invited to a White House symposium on January 18 as part of a national conference on better care for mothers and babies. Dr. Martha A. Eliot and Dr. Walter L. Bierling note national interest and a New York Times feature of the Washington county demonstration.
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Washington County
Ruby Brouillette
White House
Washington, D .C
Martha A. Eliot
Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Washington, D C C
Eliot
Bierling
Des Moines
New York Times
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Washington, D
Car Hits Bridge Rail on Primary Road No 218
A car driven by Elmer Young of Iowa City struck the raffling of the second bridge south of Rath's filling station to primary road No 218 this morning about four o'clock. The driver escaped injury though his car was damaged about $100. The crash was said to have occurred when the driver fell asleep.
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Elmer Young
Iowa City
Rath
Mrs Bartow Takes School Typing Class
Mrs F E Bartow of Washington has taken over the special typing class at Washington high school from Mrs Roy Finch who left due to ill health. The class now numbers over 230 students and Bartow holds degrees from Grinnell College and a Chicago business school with teaching experience.
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F. E. Bartow
Washington
Washington High School
Roy Finch
Bartow
Grinnell College
Chicago Business School
Community's First White Child Dies at 98 in Washington County
Jesse F. Harvey born 1840 near Washington and lifelong county resident dies at 9 35 AM at 608 South Fourth Avenue. Civil War veteran, last of his family, father of nine with seven surviving. Funeral plans set for 2 30 PM Sunday at the Methodist church with full military honors.
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Jesse FE. Harvey
South Fourth Avenue
Mr. Starvey
Washington
Washington County
J. CC. Boice
L. F. Sigafoose
Arthur Atack
Harvey
Jesse R. Harvey
France
American Legion
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Iowa
Lincoln
Jesse Harvey
Washington Methodist Church
Marisha Wilson Harvey
Adam Ritchey
Crawford Township
Dutch Creek Township
Wellston
Brighton
Thirtieth Town Infantry
South
Vicksburg
Georgia
Dutch Creek
Sarah Rehmel
Samantha Hendricks
Rebecca Henry
Mr. Harvey
Hester Carkuff
John
Wilbur Harvey
Los Angeles
F. L. Lewis
Larned
Kan
John Lewis
Newell, S. D
L. L. Lemley
Earl Burroughs
Washinton
Carl Dunbar
Charles Harvey
Organized Labor and Business Urge Congress Action
Organized labor leader William Green of the AFL and Sears, Roebuck president General Robert E. Wood testified before the Senate unemployment and relief committee urging immediate government steps to revive business. They called for maintaining wage standards, expanding public works, and extending low rent housing and slum clearance programs to spur growth.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck, and Company
Senator Burns
South Carolina
Wook
Green
Dynamite Murder in Elizabethton Kills Three Children
Three young children Dean Gouge 5 Luena Gouge 7 and Sonia Gouge 9 were killed in an explosion at their home in Elizabethton Tennessee Authorities say the blast was revenge prompted and six relatives are held for murder Mae Tollett Frank Thompson Tom DeLoach Clyde DeLoach Bruce Pierce and Jim Greer are charged with murder Sheriff Moreland says more arrests may follow Norman Gouge the children's father was away at the time and was later implicated in a prior dynamiting attempt on his car and Arnold Tollett's death remains a motive under investigation. Mrs Gouge was dying from injuries.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Norman Gouge
Dean
Luena
Sonia
Frank Edens
J. M. Moreland
Mae Tollett
Frank Thompson
Tom DeLoach
Clyde DeLoach
Bruce Pierce
Jim Greer
Edens
Arnold Tollett
Tollett
Gouge
Temperatures in Washington Show Wide Night and Day
The city recorded a low of one degree above zero Fahrenheit and a high of 27 degrees above zero yesterday. Record-keeping notes indicate a clear cold pattern persisting into the current week.
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Washington
Trinity Lutherans Plan Lent Events and Synod Delegate
Trinity Lutheran members held their quarterly meeting Tuesday electing Walter Oetjen as lay delegate to the southeastern Iowa synod meeting in St Louis in June. Walter Schroeder was chosen alternate, and Rev Gutknecht of What Cheer is past. Lent services will run ash Wednesday and weekly during Lent with Holy Week as last year. Easter sunrise service at 6 30 a m and Faster hymns broadcast at 6 30 a m Easter day. Children’s service set for 10 a m on Faster day.
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Trinity Lutheran
Elurch
Walter Oetjen
Iowa
St. Louis
Walter Schroeder
Gutknecht
No clear event headline from fragmented OCR
Fragmentary text lists aims like stimulating home construction expanding social security and resuming relief programs on a broader scale. No person or organization clearly identified.
Mussolini expands Italian fleet to challenge Britain and France
Rome announces a rapid naval buildup including two 25 000 ton battleships named Roma and Imperator, twelve heavy destroyers, and submarines with construction to start immediately. Belgrade reports Yugoslavia ordering eight torpedo destroyers and two torpedo boats as part of the wave.
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Rome
INS
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Roma
Mussolini
France
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Genoa
Trieste
Jugo-Slavia
Belgrade
Fire damages Laubaugh home on West Madison Street
A chimney spark started a fire at the Laubaugh residence on West Madison Street this afternoon. Neil Trotman owns the house. firefighters arrived quickly and brought the blaze under control.
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Laubaugh
West
Madison Street
Neil Trotman
Pilot Drowns In Pacific Near San Diego
Cadet Seth P Hawkins died after falling from the front cockpit of a scouting plane launched from the cruiser Chicago during a search for a missing bombing plane. The craft disappeared Wednesday with seven aboard. Hawkins fell from about 2500 feet as the ship’s crew recovered the scene 100 miles from shore.
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San Diego
INS
Seth P. Hawkins
Pacific
Hawking
Chicago
Cold Wave Grips Iowa With Subzero Temperatures
A deadly cold wave hit northern Iowa with temperatures dipping to six degrees below zero. An unidentified transient, about 55, was found frozen near Winona, and towns like Stony City and Iowa Falls logged record lows as the state braces for a gradual warming forecast tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Win
Stony City
Iowa Falls
Charles D Reed
WPA official asks resignation of Davenport candidate
Administrator George J. Keller demanded the resignation of Mrs. Lole J. Etter of Davenport from WPA duties after she announced plans to run in the Democratic primary for secretary of state. Keller cited WPA rules prohibiting political activity by WPA workers. Also update on Mrs. Mia China Dittmer who remains unconscious after a Monday car strike. she has shown slight alertness and occasional eye opening.
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Des Moines
George J. Keller
WPA
Lole J. Etter
Davenport
WIA
Keller
Mia
China Dittmer
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Justice George Sutherland
Supreme Court
George Sutherill
Sutherland
The
Bierring
Journal
Washington Church
Bethel Methodist Church
Harveys
Jesse
Country Church
Crooked Creek
Organized Labor and Business
Ital
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve “Rd
Jesse E. Harvey
Tennessee
Trinity Lutherans
Britain
Lois Etter
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