Mobilize Prohibition Army Targets Liquor as War Opens
Prohibition's 4000 man force launches the first major campaign of the new year with $2.9 million in defense funds. General Lincoln C. Andrews directs mobile squads to seal industrial alcohol leaks and curb beer surges, with 906 more officers to join next week.
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Associated Press
Washington
PD. C
Lincoln C. Andrews
West Pointer
Mississippi
Potomac Rivers
Senate
General Andrews
John A. Foster
Andrews
Thomas EB. Stone
Prohibition Army
Border Patrol
Dominion of Canada Day Celebration Marks 59th Birthday
Ottawa observes Dominion Day as Canada marks 59 years since the British act united the provinces into a single dominion. Markets and banks closed while Parliament sat to wind up session business. Plans are announced for a large observance next year.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Yearly crime report shows multiple convictions in Washington county
Eighteen men were convicted in Washington county district court last year. Ten received county jail terms. four were sent to Anamosa reformatory and one to Mort Madison penitentiary. Fines ranged from fifty to three hundred dollars. Several occupations and backgrounds are listed. two acquittals and eight releases without trial were recorded. The report notes state crime commission studies and new penalties targeting felonies amid anti crime regulations.
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District Court
Washington County
State Board of Parole
Anamosa Reformatory
Mort Madison Penitentiary
State Crime Commission
Caleb H. Baumes
Orange County
Sioux City Doctor Heads Osteopaths
Dr. Ray Gilmore of Sioux City was elected president of the American Osteopathic convention. His father, the late Dr. George H. Gilmore, was the first president of the Iowa Osteopathic Society, the first state society organized. Denver was chosen as the 1947 convention city.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Ray Gilmore
Sioux City
American Osteopathic Convention
George H. Gilmore
IoWa Osteopathic Society
Denver
University Head's Prohibition Remarks Stir Oregon Officials
Dr Arnold B Hall president elect of the University of Oregon drew fire from state leaders and the Oregon Anti-Saloon League after he allegedly condemned Volstead enforcement and praised the 18th amendment at a Commonwealth conference in Portland. Governor Pierce questioned the quote and cautioned that the state remains dry and aims to keep prohibition intact.
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Salem
Oregon
Towa City
Arnold B. Hall
University of Oregon
Anti-Saloon League
Pierce
Sam Kozer
Hall
Jews City
Dour
Farm Conditions Better This Year
The department of agriculture reports this year may be another season of improvement in agricultural conditions. Hog prices are expected to stay high into next year with wheat prospects moderately good and cattle recovering in the west. Fruit crops are abundant, hay is short in parts, and old hay stocks are low. spring wheat shows lesser output than last year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Db. C
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Corn
Community Socials and Local Appointments in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville July 1 Mr and Mrs T H Barnes hosted United Presbyterian youth at their country home with games and brick ice cream and cake. Mrs KE Thompson of Trenton Ohio visited friends, daughter of former pastor Rev E H Thompson. Auxiliary meet moved to July 5. Postmaster S J Stites to move fixtures. Margaret Davidson acts as assistant for two months. Lee Shaffer and Vera Yeager praised. Visitors include Mr and Mrs John Anwy and Hazel. Mrs Schmuck from Corvallis Washington visited Sprague and W C Wall home in Columbus Junction.
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Crawfordsville
T. H. Barnes
United Presbyterian
KE. H. Thompson
Trenton
Ohio
Washington
S. J. Stites
Ace
Margaret Davidson
Lee Shaffer
Vera Yeager
John Anwy
Hazel
Schmuck
Corvallis
Sprague
Columbus Junction
W. ¢C. Wall
Local Social Roundup from Washington and West Chester
Community members from Washington and nearby areas share visits and activities. Families such as Haskins, Bear, Birney, Stafford, Bean, Hart sock, Whetstine, and McAvoy appear among visiting relatives and social calls. Harvest notes mention haying and early corn work as residents drift into seasonal tasks.
Social Notes From Palestine Area Gatherings
Miss Dorothy Soukup of Riverside spent a few days last week visiting the Chas Vondrasek and Mrs Joseph A Soukup and Bernadine. Mr and Mrs Nick Jordon visited Muscatine while John Soukup called at the Chas Vondrasek home. John Knotek visited Carl Kos and Henry Kiefer visited Hubert Kron. Jim Beranek called at the Edward Beranek home.
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Haskins
Hoxworth
Washington
Dera Bear
John Miller
Chas, Gray
Geo, Birney
West Chester
John Stafford
Lou Birney
John Birney
Joe Endicott
Lottie Birney
Grace Stafford
Deavenport
J. Frey
Fanny
Nona Bean
Leo Embree
Mrs. Godlove
Palestine
Dorothy Soukup
Riverside
Chas, Vondrasek
Joseph A. Soukup
Diugster
Bernadine
Albert Navy Jr
Nick Jordon
Muscatine
John Soukup
Chas
Vondrasek
John Knotek
Carl Kos
Henry Kiefer
Hubert Kron
Jim Beranek
Edward Beranek
Government ends year with surplus of 377 million
The federal government closed its fiscal year with a surplus of 377.763 million dollars. Receipts totaled 3.962755 billion while outlays reached 3.584697 billion, with customs and income tax receipts higher than last year. The surplus will be used to reduce the public debt.
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Washington
Coolidge
Treasury
Nye Named In North Dakota Primary Returns
Fargo Forum reports that nonpartisan league candidate Gerald Nye led in early returns for the senate race while L B Hanna topped the long and short term races based on 456 of 2,167 precincts. Governor Sorlie led the Republican field for governor as rural precincts began to report.
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Fargo
N. D
United States
North Dakota
Fargo Forum
L. BE. Hanna
Coolidge
Gerald Nye
Hanna
Nye
A. G. Sorlie
League
Mrs J M Lytle dies after three weeks illness
Washington county resident Mrs J M Lytle died at 7 this morning at her home 822 North Iowa avenue aged 66 after about three weeks illness. Funeral at 2 30 Saturday at the home conducted by Rev Willard Wylie and Rev F W Eastwood. Burial Elm Grove. She was active in First United Presbyterian work and missionary societies. Survived by husband step son Ralph Lytle sister Mrs M K E Howie of Lincoln Neb and brother Rev Ralph E Lackey of Wart Iowa.
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J. M. Lytle
Washington County
Lytle
North
Iowa Avenue
Willard Wylie
Second United Presbyterian Church
F. W. Eastwood
The
Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove
Zilpha
Arvilla Lackey
Pennsylvania
John Lackey
Rebecca
Lee) Lackey
United Presbyterian Churches
Washington
Washington Academy
Monmouth College
Washington, D. C
Atlantic City
N. J
John M. Lytle
Ralph Lytle
M. Ke, Howie
Lincoln
Nebr
Ralph E
Aid garment workers in New York strike today
Washington dispatch reports farm legislation as a major issue in Western and Midwestern rural districts. Representative Dickinson Republican Iowa predicts farm organizations will oppose lawmakers who voted against the Haugen farm relief bill.
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New York
Dickinson
Irese
Washington
BDC
House
Misuse of Frank Linked to Campaign Clerk
Post office officials blamed a clerk in Frank Lunds office for inserting Brookhart Reed campaign circulars into about 150 sealed envelopes bearing the Reed senatorial frank. The clerk Mae Hanken acted without campaign knowledge, mailing the items at her own initiative. Brookhart denied knowledge of the incident and planned an open air meeting in Waterloo.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Frank
Brookhart-Cummins
Iowa
Post Office Department
Frank Lund
Brookhart
Reed
Pennsylvania
Senator Reed
Senate Department
Cumrnines
Mae Hanken
Washington
Voice
Waterloo
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington Associated Press
Lund
Egypt Earthquake Death Toll Reaches One Hundred Ten
London July 1 The Cairo earthquake reported by an Exchange Telegraph dispatch caused 110 deaths and 66 injuries, with most casualties in the Tayum district. About 4,238 houses were damaged or destroyed. The note also mentions Nairobi's giant water tank in East Africa.
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London
Cairo
Tayum
Nairobi
East Africa
New York Garment Workers Strike Over Wages and Hours
About forty thousand union garment workers, representing 75 percent of U S ready to wear cloaks and suits, began a strike across sixteen hundred shops. They demand higher wages and a six week annual minimum. The action targets employers and jobbers who hire through sub contractors. No disorder occurred as unions coordinated pickets and planned parades. Louis Hyman called it a nearly 100 percent walkout and urged early settlement.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Halla
Louis Hyman
Storm destroys fruit at Clarinda
A ferocious wind and hail storm struck Clarinda Iowa near the Iowa State Hospital Tuesday night. It destroyed about 8000 bushels of apples and 400 bushels of plums and caused extensive damage to other crops. Hail over a foot deep was reported.
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Associated Press
Clarinda
Iowa State Hospital
Fascist Regime Cuts Italy’s Newspapers To Essentials
Rome reports Italy will restrict six page newspapers, curb foreign and crime coverage, allow one paper per province outside major cities, and emphasize fascist political news and construction projects. Turati vows to destroy weeklys and push dry, educational journalism with fewer editors.
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Rome
Italy
Signor Turati
Fascist Party
Il Tevere
Impero
Senate orders probe of bread trust case handling
Washington July 1 the senate directed its judiciary committee to investigate how the department of justice and the federal trade commission handled the bread trust cases.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Today
Judiciary Committee
Bread Trust
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Post Office Robbery Stamps Estimated At Large Sum
Bandits blew open a Baraboo Wisconsin post office safe early today and made off with stamps valued between 20000 and 380000 dollars. The heist disrupted mail service as investigators began examining the scene.
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Associated Press
Baraboo
Wis
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