Louisiana Leader Oscar K. Allen Dies at 52
Oscar K. Allen governor of Louisiana and Huey Long ally died at the executive mansion in Baton Rouge from cerebral hemorrhage after throat blood vessel rupture. Lieutenant Governor James Noe becomes governor, as Judge Richard W. Leche and Col. Seymour Weiss head to Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
INS
Oscar K. Allen
Louisiana
Huey Long
James Noe
Monroe
Allen
Long
Multitudes of Britishers In Mourning
Crowds mourn as George V enters Windsor Castle for the last time. Edward VII in admiral’s uniform accompanies the royal funeral cortege from the railway to the castle. Blue jacket sailors bear the king’s body to the final service led by Canterbury’s archbishop.
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Windsor
Eng
INS
George V
Edward VII
Archbishop’ S of Canterbury
King George’s
G man Clarence D White resigns from FBI post
Des Moines attorney Clarence D White announces resignation to J Edgar Hoover effective February 1. White, a Department of Justice agent, helped pursue the Lindbergh baby kidnapping the Jenson gang case and the Baby Face Nelson arrest.
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Des Moines
Clarence D. White
J. Hogar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
White
Jindbergh Weyerhaueser
June Robles
Baby Face Nelson
State approves 21000 transfer for Waterloo liquor store loss
Iowa executive council approves moving 21000 from the provisional fund to the liquor commission to cover a Waterloo state liquor store fire loss on November 20. Gov. Herring calls the transfer a bookkeeping matter as funds will be shifted for state purposes.
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Waterloo
Liquor Commission
Des Moines
Silyde Herring
Longer Mining Hours Sought to End Coal Famine
Des Moines reports coal shortages as dealers ration shipments to the neediest customers. Governor Clyde L. Herring seeks to raise Iowa coal miners hours from 35 to 18 per week and asks Iowa district president Frank Wilson to obtain approval from John L. Lewis for the emergency period.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Frank Wilson
Iis
United Mite Workers of America
Herring
Wilson
John L. Lewis
National Union
Washington, D. C
Expectant Mother Delivers After Snowdrift Ride
In Linn County Mrs. Bureeh of near Western, Iowa rode a hand led sled through heavy drifts to reach a hospital. Four hours later she delivered a daughter at a local hospital, marking a remarkable winter birth tied to impassable roads.
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King Winter
United States
Staunton Centralized School
Troy
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Bureeh
Near Western
Waa
700 Pound Steer Frozen to Death in Shed Near Diamond Lake
Spirit Lake reports Lester Smith, a Diamond Lake farmer, claimed a 700-pound steer froze to death while standing in a shed during a January 22 cold snap as farm thermometer read 40 below. Witnesses supported his statement.
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Spirit Lake
Lester Smith
Diamond Lake
Smith
WPA to Pay $125 000 to Polk County Workers
About 7 000 Works Progress Administration employees in Polk county will receive a total of 125 000 dollars for two weeks of work. Checks were issued and mailed to foremen and will be distributed to workers at the end of the period.
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Des Moines
Works Progress Administration
Polk County
State seeks recovery of processing tax from purchases
Iowa officials moved to recover more than $63 000 in processing taxes paid by state institutions for commodities. The Iowa Board of Control and State Comptroller C B Murtagh ordered action. Consideration is given to pursuing hundreds of thousands of dollars paid before the supreme court ruling.
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Deb Moines
Thief Loots Muttard Drug Store in Ottumwa
A local thief broke into the Muttard drug store and robbed a cash drawer that contained federal government money seized at the postal substation. Authorities plan to bring suspects to Ottumwa to aid the police investigation.
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Ottumwa
Muttard
Cate
Wormer Ames Girl Gets Break in Big Way
Marjoria Hoffman Gayle formerly of Ames left the chorus in a New York show to take over a dancing role vacated by illness of Eleanor Powell.
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Wormer Ames Girl
AMES
Marjoria (Hoffman) Gayle
New York, N. Y
Eleanor Powell
Murray to Run for Congress Seat in Des Moines
Ray Murray, Iowa Democratic secretary of agriculture, announced his candidacy for Congress in Des Moines on January 28. The move signals his bid to seek a federal seat amid state political shifts.
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Des Moines
INS
Ray Murray
Iowa
Congress
Mt Pleasant Man to Address Club on Northward Mission
Rev. John H. Nightingale of Mt Pleasant will speak to the Methodist church Men's Club next Thursday evening. He will share experiences as a missionary in the frozen north. The dinner is by a special committee and a brief musical program will accompany the address.
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John H. Nightingale
Iowa Students Send Fingerprint Records to Washington
Washington DC received fingerprint cards of 500 Iowa students from J S Gladstone of the Iowa bureau identification division. The records go to civilian identification. students, with help from schools, are part of a broader effort to put every pupil on record.
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Des Moines
Jan
Washington, Iowa
Washington, D. C
J. S. Gladstone
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Iowa
Federal Department of Justice
Gladstone
Pella
Washington
How to Receive the WWII Bonus for Veterans
The Veterans Administration outlines a simple process for 3 518 000 holders of adjusted service certificates to apply for the balance. Veterans will use government blanks mailed to VA offices and distributed through American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Red Cross, and civic groups.
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Roosevelt
Veterans Bureau
Veterans’ Administration
The
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Red Cross
South American farming and dairying may not affect U S agriculture soon
Federal statistician Leslie M. Carl notes rise of South American farming and dairying below the Gulf of Mexico as a major factor in world production. Wheat acres and yields in Argentina Uruguay and Brazil rose from 1931 to 1953 while drought reduced output. corn in 1933 showed large acreage but quality lagged Iowa.
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Des Moines
South America
Federal
Leslie M. Carl
Gulf of Mexico
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Iowa
Carr
Feder
Bureau of Agricultural Econ
Over 5600 Celebrations Planned For President Birthday
New York reports the 1936 birthday ball for the president on January 30 will be the largest social event yet. Col Carl Bycir says more than 5600 parties will be held nationwide and abroad with proceeds aiding infantile paralysis research and local causes.
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New York
Florida Everglades
Carl Bycir
Weather Moderation Promised After Coldest Spell
After a week of subzero blasts, temperatures rose from ten degrees below to a modest improvement. Clouds linger with hints of snow as residents hope for a milder spell in the near days.
Iowa to escape cold wave as relief forecast
After a severe cold wave the Weather Bureau forecasts statewide relief with above zero temperatures overnight. A new snow storm moves into Iowa from the west with snow across the state including Sioux City Council Bluffs Guthrie Center and expanding westward.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Guthrie Center
Special Exhibit at Y Wednesday Opens for Public Viewing
A free exhibit arrives from Celotex factory and will be at the Washington YMCA tomorrow from 2 p m to 10 p m. Factory representatives will attend to answer questions. The exhibit appears in Washington for one day only.
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Washington
Washington Lumber & Fuel Company
Elevator crush kills state university student in Iowa City
James Anderik a 21 year old senior engineering student at the state university was instantly killed when an elevator in a canning factory fell on him in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
INS
James Anderik
The
State University
Wallace calls tax reversal a great legalized steal
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace denounced the Supreme Court ruling returning 200 million dollars in processing taxes to processors as the greatest legalized steal in American history.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Supreme Court
Sees Hitler as Saving Germany at Rotary talk
Ernst Jurgens, German immigrant and teacher at the local high school and junior college, spoke to the Rotary club about the war and the Nazi movement. He argued the war stemmed from commercial rivalry among England France and Germany and dismissed the assassination of an Austrian duke in Siberia as a pretext.
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Ernst Jurgens
Rotary Club
Jurgens
United States
Rotarians
England
France
Germany
Siberia
Van Zandt to Speak at Washington Veterans Lunch
Washington county post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars arranges a luncheon and address by national commander James E. Van Zandt of Altoona Pa. The event, Feb 6, at the Y M C A, begins at noon with tickets sold by A E Palmer. Aide Capt J O Brown, Troop F, 113th Cavalry, accompanies the party.
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Washington County Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
James E. van Zandt
Altoona
Washington
A. E. Palmer
Palmer
van Zandt
J. O. Brown
113Th Cavalry
Dale Atkinson
Training School Faculty Is Named
The county leadership training school board met to finalize plans for the school starting Monday February 17. Miss Ella B. Gordon was elected registrar with teachers including Melvin Gipserich in teaching principles Rev F W Eastwood teaching New Testament Rev B F Schwartz on Christian religion and Mrs Strong on primary materials and methods Harold Williams on adolescence methods. The program runs February 17 to March 16 from 7 to 9 pm with meeting places to be announced.
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County Leadership Training School Board
Ella B. Gordon
Melvin Gipserich
F. W. Eastwood
BF. Schwartz
Two Army Flyers Killed in Crash at Bolling Field
Washington D C January 28 Two Army flyers were killed today when their plane crashed while attempting to land at Bolling field.
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Washington
Army
Bolling Field
Norton-Mathers Jury Impaneled in Civil Case
A jury of seven women and five men was impaneled to hear evidence in the Case Of J. Milton Norton against Daryl C. Mathers. Opening statements were made by Ralph Munro for the plaintiff and T. L. Brookhart for the defendant. The trial includes claims of false arrest linked to Sheriff Mathers and a related embezzlement case involving the Norton family. The Mathers divorce case ended with a judgment against the defendant and a divorce granted to the plaintiff without alimony.
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J. Milton Norton
Daryl C. Mathers
Lacey Langenberg
Grace Shaver
May Rickey
Margaret Owen
Dr. Twinam
Hubert Redlinger
Lawrence Romine
Elsie Swift
Maurine Nevins
Gertrude Walker
Winno Strabala
Everette Huber
Ralph Munro
Fairfield
T. L. Brookhart
Mr. Brookhart
C. C. Wilson
Washington
James P. Irish
Des Moines
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company
Mathers
W. J. Norton
D. W. Hamilton
Townsend Meeting At Court House With Frank J. Collins
All residents are invited to hear Burlington speaker Frank J. Collins lecture on the Townsend plan at the court house Thursday at 7 30 PM. Collins is described as a competent speaker and the meeting will offer a question period during tax education efforts.
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Townsend
Frank J. Collins
Burlington
Court House
Collins
King George Farewell Draws Two Million To London
An estimated two million people mourned and watched as King George departed London in a grand funeral procession described as one of the city’s most solemn spectacles.
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London
George
Washington community to broadcast "Let's Play Rummy" radio play
The Wiey group will air the play tomorrow at 9 00 pm from the Leon Beatty American Legion post hour. Cast includes Mary Mildred Lemley Helen Naomi Simpson Maxine Ruth Ruth Smith Bill David Fulton Cal Claude Woods Dan Chas Bear Oscar Cuddy Jr chief technician. The February show marks their first broadcasting anniversary and next month’s play is set for Thursday February 20.
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Washington Community Players
Wsul
Leon Beatty
American Legion Post
Incldes
Mary
Mildred Lemley
Helen Naomi Simpson
Maxine
Ruth Ruth Smith
Bill
David Fulton
Cal
Claude Woods
Dan
Chas
Bear
Oscar Cuddy, Jr
Oil Men Dinner Honors Fairfield Victory in Football Contest
Mid Continent filling station proprietors and employees in the region attend a Rose Bowl banquet at the Leggett hotel Fairfield to celebrate winning first place in the annual football contest based on quotas and total sales. Six states participate with stations from Columbus Junction Wellman Wapello Winfield Mt. Pleasant Fairfield Birmingham Keosauqua Farmington Milton and Washington, Merle Greens and Al Browns noted in Fairfield area. A plaque is awarded to the winning territory each year by Mid-Continent company.
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Leggett Hotel
Fairfield
Columbus Junction
Wellman
Waepello
Winfield
Mt. Pleasant
Birmingham
Keosauqua
Farmington
Milton
Washington
Merle Green
North Marion
al Brown
West Washington
South Avenue
Mr and Mrs Will Busby Visit Washington on Business
Mr and Mrs Will Busby of Highland township traveled to Washington yesterday for business.
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Will Busby
Highland Township
Washington
First Robin Reported Amid Cold Snap in Back Yard
Mrs. A. EB. Atchison notes the season's first robin in her back yard this morning. She hopes the bird is not rubbing in the worst cold snap in many winters.
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