Final Action Delayed on Finance Bill
Washington reports indicate the administration’s two billion dollar finance corporation bill is delayed again with no enactment before Saturday. House and Senate must approve the conference report as differences were settled, while farm loan banks relief bill advances to the Senate.
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Washington
INS
House
Senate
Hoover
Agriculture
Commerce
Federal
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
White House
Secretary of Agriculture
Demons Clash In Doubleheader At Mt Pleasant
Washington and Mt. Pleasant teams schedule two high school games on Mt. Pleasant floor with a preliminary followed by the varsity clash. Washington seeks to rebound from a 21 17 league loss as Lytle is out with a lame foot and fifteen players travel.
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Washington
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County Bunch
Jim Shultz
Raymond
Jackson
Schultz
Wells
Kupka
Jones
McElhinney
Glider
Dusenbery
Boice
Hammer
Turner
Shaffer
Crone
Jimmy Wells
Lytle
Cardinals
Burlington
Washington Junior College Cardinals
Blackhawk
Dean Harland Mead
George Freshwaters
Crawfordsville
Nebraska Farmers Use U S Marketing Act Aid
Thousands of Nebraska farmers are taking advantage of federal help under the agricultural marketing act. Participants include producers of grain livestock wool dairy poultry potatoes and sugar beets as announced by the federal farm board.
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Washington
Nebraska
Federal Farm Board
Defense Evidence Presented in Manslaughter Trial
Alfred Leichti testifies for the defense in Sigourney district court in a manslaughter case arising from a July street collision that killed five year old Robert Ruth. Witnesses described the truck’s position and speed with estimates between 25 and 34 mph. The elder Leichti testified his son is 25 years old.
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Alfred Leichti
Gertrude Leichti
al Leichii
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Leichii
Robert Ruth
Sigourney Street
J. G. Patterson
Leichti
R. D Engle
Peter Weber
Hazel Utterback
John Snakenburg
Merle Smith
Mary Quick
Homer Hamilton
George Leichti
Smith
Judd Jury to Visit House Where the Murder Was Done
The jury trying Ruth Judd for the killings of Agnes Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson may tour the “death house” today under heavy guard. The visit precedes testimony as veniremen are led to the white bungalow where prosecutors say the bodies were packed in trunks. Richard Schwartz, who ferried the trunks to the railroad, is the state's first witness planned after the visit.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
Hedvig Samuelson
Catalonia Rebellion Spurs Madrid Crackdown
Widespread uprising in Manresa to Berga districts sees civil guard clashes with revolutionaries who seize telephone and railway lines. Government moves to crush movement within hours with Sanjurjo leading forces.
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Madrid
Manresa
Catalonia
Spain
Berga
San Jurjo
Civil Guards
Azana
Nicete Alcala Zamora
INS
Navaidles
Balsereni
Bilbao
Saragossa
Navy
Wholesale Prices Fall Across 550 Commodities in December
Washington reports that prices for 550 commodities dropped about half a percent from November, with a 15 percent year over year decline. Farm products overall fell due to corn, oats, rye, wheat, meats, eggs, and tobacco, while onions potatoes and hay rose. Fuel and lighting costs slipped as coal rose but gas and oil fell, pulling the fuel index down 2 percent.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pennsylvania
Fuel and Lighting Group
Quarterly Public Health Report to Federal Service
The Washington county health unit submitted a quarterly report for Oct to Dec detailing 415 examined school children and 386 defects found in 319, with 170 corrected. Antismallpox vaccinations reached 891, and 44 lectures attracted 1142 attendees. Sanitary inspections covered 46 public premises, 5 private ones previously inspected, plus extensive life extension and disease control efforts.
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Federal Health Service
County Public Health Unit
Washington County Health Unit
United States Public Health Service
H. L. Hendricks
Hilkea Jacobs
Inez Frye
S. R. Miller
C. A. Boice
Mary Mickey
U.S. Public Health Service
Public Health Nursing Service
Hilken Jacobs
Washington Evening Journal
Riverside Leader
Wellman Advance
Brighton Enterprise
Ainsworth
Brighton
Crawfordsville
Kalona
Riverside Parochial
Riverside Public
Wellman
West Chester
Vinton School
Rural Church Pastors Plan Meeting Topics
The Washington County and Environs ministers meet at the Y M C A with Rev. C S Ramsdale guest speaker on The Country Church and the Present Crisis. Rev H F McAllister speaks on What is Right with the Country Church. Rev C W Klein to summarize rural church work plus round table, worship, business session and luncheon.
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Washington County
C. S. Ramsdale
Columbus City
Louisa County
Washington
H. W. Gordon
Keota
A. M. Malcolm
Albia
Merle Lefever
West Chester
Chinese bandits demand ransom for American captain
Chinese bandits demand 200000 dollar ransom for the safe return of Charles Baker, an American barge captain, kidnapped from his ship on the Yangtze River near Peiping.
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Peiping
INS
Charles Baker
Yangtze River
Will Rogers on Mussolini after visiting Vesuvius
Will Rogers reports flying from Athens to view Vesuvius and comments on Mussolini. He likens the dictator to a man who achieves more with less and remarks on the postwar Indias Chinas and Mesopotamias.
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Rome
Athens
Old Vesuvius
Mussolinis
Indias
Chinas
Mesopotamias
Postmaster Brown Seeks Major Mail Charge Increases
Postmaster General Brown proposed a broad mail rate increase to raise about 100 million dollars to help cover a 150 million dollar federal post office deficit. He urged a 2 to 3 cent rise in letter postage and higher second class rates along with several parcel post, money order, and insurance fee changes. The plan faced rejection when the Ways and Means Committee disclaimed jurisdiction and sent the proposal to the House Post Office Committee.
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Washington
INS
Brown
House
Ways and Means Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ways and Means
Crisp
Georgia
House Post Office Committee
County Declama Meet Dates Set with Divisions
Dates for the county high school declamatory contest announced. Humorous and oratorical divisions to be held at West Chester on February 16 evening and the dramatic division at Kalona on February 17. Washington entrants include Virgil Wittmer Ruth Marie Morrison and Gina Bianchi.
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West Chester
Kalona
Washington
Virgil Wittmer
Ruth Marie Morrison
Gina Bianchi
Second Outrage on Honolulu Women Stirs the City Again
Honolulu authorities chase David Lyman 22 who escaped Oahu prison New Year’s Eve after a second attack on a woman. Vivian identified as the assailant who menaced Mrs. Taka Okazaki 29 and struck her companion Takio Harimoto, tying him to a railroad track ahead of a scheduled train.
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Honolulu
T. H
David Lyman
Oahu
Vivian
Taka Okazaki
Takio Harimoto
Hearst Urges Stable Dollar to Aid Agriculture Recovery
Charles R. Hearst spoke at the Town farm bureau annual meeting in Des Moines urging stabilizing money values as essential to economic recovery. He pressed for equal opportunity for agriculture, criticized postwar leaders, and blamed under consumption for price declines, calling for a higher commodity price level backed by honest dollars and adequate currency and credit.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles R. Hearst
Town Farm Bureau
Hearst
Hames Ulder
Bureau
Glen
Railways claim wage cuts needed to restore credit
A nine-railroad president committee told 21 union leaders that gross earnings have fallen 33 percent since 1929 and a 10 percent wage reduction is essential to improve credit and revive business. Daniel Willard, head of B&O, read the data and noted payroll slashes lag behind total earnings drops. 72 railroads failed to earn fixed charges in 1931. The joint session adjourned until tomorrow.
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Chicago
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Presidents
Willard
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