Iowa Legislature Opens Third Week Amid Key Debates
Des Moines Jan 26 The Iowa House referred Governor Turners request for a University of Iowa investigation to the committee on state educational institutions as the session enters its third week. Attorney General Fletcher to rule on the $100 million road bond amendment dominates agenda along with tax revision and redistricting talks.
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Des Moines
Dan W. Turner
University of Iowa
House
Committee On State Educational Institutions
General Assembly of
Iowa
John Fletcher
Fletcher
Turner
Assembly
Cedar Rapids Gazette
House of Representatives Committee On
House Committee
Rockefeller Institute Fund
Eric F Brown
Hanson
Legislative Tax Committee
Henry
Berry
O. J. Ditto
Morrison Leaves for Villisca Iowa From Washington Plant
L P Morrison longtime local manager of Linder Iverson Ice Cream Company in Washington departs for Villisca Iowa to assume a new post as manager of the Hutchinson Meadowgold plant. Everett Turnipseed succeeds him at the Washington plant as the Morrisons head to Fairfield then Villisca tomorrow.
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L. P. Morrison
Linder Iverson Ice Cream Co
Hutchinson-Meadowgold Co
Villisca
Iowa
Morrison
Washington
Fairfield
Mrs. Morrison
Ieverette Turnipseed
Mr. Morrison
Union Evangelistic Campaign Ends with $1200 Offering
More than 1400 attended the concluding service at the Methodist church. About 600 took the Christian covenant during the campaign. The bank offering for Dr. J. H. McCombe and H. C. Clase exceeded $1200, with roughly $700 from last night, and about $500 from earlier services.
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Union
Methodist Church
J. H. McCombe
H.C. Clase
Clase
Gas Heater Tragedy Leaves Six Dead in New York
Six family members died when a gas heater left burning in their sleeping room consumed the oxygen and caused suffocation. Jacob Cohen his wife and four children were found by Samuel Levy. Two ambulances and emergency squads tried to revive them with no success.
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New York
Jacob Cohen
Samuel Levy
Daisy De Voe Appeals Case
Daisy De Voe asked for a new trial in her grand theft of funds conviction against film star Clara Bow. Judge Dor postponed sentencing to February 2 as her appeal proceeds. Nearby, several locals were identified at a Crone's Lake cabin gathering.
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Los Angeles
Daisy de Voe
Clara Bow
William GC. Doran
Winter drought worsens crops across Midwest and nation
Reports from crop and weather offices describe an unprecedented winter drought following a dry 1930 summer. Little snow and rain strain midwest farms and threaten winter crops while Kentucky and nearby states suffer water shortages. In Chicago gardeners face planting problems as temperatures swing from freezing to 47 degrees with no snow cover to protect bulbs.
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Chicago
Midwest
Kentucky
Atlanti
Rocky Mountain
California
Southwest
Kansas City
Mercury
Oregon
Washington
Parrot Blood Transfusion Reaches Girl in Joliet
In Joliet a 15 year old girl with infantile paralysis received five cubic centimeters of parrot blood via injection during a transfusion after a telephone miscommunication with Dr George Weaver. The parrot was anaesthetized and recovered. the girl woke from coma and improved. Dr Weaver declined to comment on parrot blood efficacy.
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Joliet
Til
Lillian Fisher
George Weaver
Chicago
Weaver
Lillian
Oust Three Members of Federal Power Commission Sought
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7 to 3 to report favorably to the Senate Walsh's resolution calling for legal action to oust three Federal Power Commission members. The targeted officials are Chairman George Otis Smith and Commissioners Marcel Garlaud and Claude J. Draper.
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Federal Power Commission
Washington
Jat
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Walsh
Power Commission
Hastings
Delaware
Montana
United Press
George Otis Smith
Marcel Garlaud
Claude J. Draper
Red Cross chapter chair responds to reports on finances
The county Red Cross chairman defends financial integrity noting annual reports and quarterly audits. He cites 1920 distributions of 12.8 million with less than 3 percent expense, and states 50 percent of membership dollars stay local to fund health units and local disaster needs.
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County Red Cross
Red Cross
Gandhi Freed as Indian Party Faces Split Over Constitution
Gandhi and other independence leaders were released from prison on the anniversary of the declaration of independence. London sees the move as a tactic to split the nationalist congress and push moderates toward accepting the round table conference constitution plan. Gandhi must now decide whether to join negotiations, a choice likely to divide his followers.
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India
Mahatma
M. K. Gandhi
Yevada
Jawaharlal Nehru Vallabhai Patel
Mahadev Desai
Congress Executive Committee
Gandhi
London
Great Britain
Mahatma Gandhi
all-India Congress
Congress Working Committee
Gandhi Party
Mrs McFadden Taken Sudden
Mrs James McFadden died suddenly at Elmer McFadden’s Washington home on South Second avenue around 2 15 pm. She formerly lived in Crawfordsville and had been a Washington resident for years. Funeral plans were not set but expected to be announced tomorrow. Survived by three sons A A McFadden and J McFadden of Des Moines, Elmer McFadden of Washington, a daughter Mrs N J Lease of Crawfordsville, daughter-in-law Mrs S S D McFadden of Ames, born October 3 1850.
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James McFadden
Elmer McFadden
Washington
South Second Avenue
Crawfordsville
A. A. McFadden
Des Moines
Letter From Moyland Man Reports All Well
Ajeorge Rodman received a letter from 8. H. Forman of Moyland Pennsylvania saying they were all pretty well. Forman, getting out of a car in summer, fell and broke his ankle but is now all right. The two oldest nephews Will and Percy Walton went abroad this fall.
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Ajeorge Rodman
H. Forman
Moyland
Pennsylvania
Mr. Forman
Will
Percy Walton
Former Resident Fatally Burned by Unprotected Heater
Mrs. Ethel Austin, wife of Bert Austin of Los Angeles, was fatally burned on Monday January 13 while standing at a telephone with her back to an unprotected heater. The tragedy was reported to Mrs. Joe Wright by a letter dated Saturday.
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Joe Wright
Bert Austin
Los Angeles
Cal
Ethel Austin
Red Cross Benefit Show At Fox Theatre Planned
Fox Theatre manager Ralph Pratt pledges to donate Tuesday evening gross receipts to Washington County Red Cross for the drought relief fund. The program features A Lady's Morals starring Grace Moore and Reginald Denny with all proceeds, including wages and rights, going to relief efforts. The county quota is $790 and is not yet half raised.
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Ralph Pratt
Fox Theatre
Red Cross
Washington County
Pratt
the Fox
The
Thesday Evening
Jenny Lind
Grace Moore
Reginald Denny
Woman Dies From House Fire Near Essley Place
A woman in her early fifties died after a fire in her home near the old Essley place. Her husband, working nearby, helped extinguish the flames but she succumbed the next morning. The Austin family, with many friends in Washington, kept Methodist faith and Royal Neighbors membership. Funeral services were held in Los Angeles.
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Ing
Austin
Essley Place
Washington
Los Angeles
Methodist Church
Royal
British ships in hands of coast guard
Two foreign vessels with liquor cargoes were seized by U S coast guard cutters after warning shots. The Josephine K. from Nova Scotia and the Temiscouda of St Johns were disabled in lower New York Bay. Captain Oluett of the Josephine K. died from a shell strike near the pilot house. Temiscouda was disabled by shell fire. no injuries reported. The assault occurred within the 12 mile limit and prompted cautious commentary from Assistant Secretary Lowman who called Oluett's death regrettable but incidental.
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New York
United States Coast Guards
Josephine K
Temiscouda
St. Johns
Coast Guards
William P. Oluett
Coast Guard
Cluett
Lunenberg
N. S
Fort Pond Bay
Long Island
Great Britain
United States
Lowman
Griffin-Salladay trial scheduled in district court
Judge Frank Bechly set the January term schedule with the Griffin versus Salla case slated for trial after a legal dispute in the back room. Jury selection began at two o clock with fifty jurors summoned and several excused for the term.
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Frank Bechly
District Court
H. F. Griffin
Ernest S. Salladay
Bechly
Petit
Frank Hechly
Albert Greiner
Leo Shelangoski
Frank Messer
Town City
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