Ungrateful Iowa inmate disappears with canoe on river trip
Burlington column recalls Iowa incident where transient camp resident Thomas Kimball joined Murray Taylor of British Columbia on a canoe trip. They reached Big Island near Burlington before Kimball vanished with the canoe and gear. Kimball later received 30 days for larceny after riding a freight train. Taylor continued toward South America.
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Burlington
Thomas Kimball
Springfield
Davenport
Murray Taylor
British Columbia
Big Island
Taylor
South America
Jailbreak fugitives sought after escape from Des Moines jail
Des Moines and Decatur county officers asked the state bureau of identification to search for Virgil Benge 35 and William Smith 21 who tunneled out of the county jail and escaped custody.
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Des Moines
Decatur
State Bureau of Identification
Virgil Benge
William Smith
Davenport Illinois Medical Association Holds Annual Meeting
Members of the Davenport Illinois Medical Association will hold their annual meeting in the Davenport Cutting club Thursday July 11 according to Dr James F E Dunn secretary Election of officers will be held Dr John Sanders Rock Island is president The association meets four times a year and holds varied programs on scientific subjects of interest to physicians.
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Davenport
Illinois Medical Association
James FE. Dunn
John Sanders
Rock Island
Mass Rally Demands Change in Muscatine County Relief
About 250 demonstrators and relief workers packed courthouse corridors to condemn medical relief for the unemployed and relief clients as unfair inadequate and dishonest. The Muscatine County board promised an investigation into the relief program amid a sympathy protest by 100 additional workers.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
Coun
Spring chickens survive brooder house flood drift
During a cloud burst a brooder house at the Alvin Doehla farm floated half a mile down a creek. The structure remained upright and all hens and chicks stayed alive despite being drenched and bedraggled.
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Des Moines
Alvin Doehla
Divorce Action Against 1875 Married Couple
In district court Judge Herold D R Evans presided over the divorce petition of D. C. Van Trees against Marvy F. Van Trees. The couple wed in Marysville Marion county Iowa in 1875. The plaintiff cites desertion in a petition filed by BR. F. Carter. Atty Henry Necus served the defendant. The judge took the case under advisement.
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Towa City
D. C
Elopers Plan Conventional Marriage After Delay and Crash
Des Moines couple Eloper Neely and Reese travel to Council Bluffs for marriage but miss license chance. Reese suffers minor Omaha crash injuries. They announce a conventional wedding Wednesday at Mrs A Kucharo home in Council Bluffs, aunt of Neely.
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Elopers
Council Bluffs
Dan Neely
Helen Reese
Des Moines
Miss Reese
Omaha
Neb
A. Kucharo
Kucharo
Neely
Timothy Head Measures and Quarter Inches
A Davenport Emil Bucks report describes a timothy head that was badly bent. After straightening, the stalk reached nearly five and a half feet, with the head measuring about a quarter inch. Under normal conditions timothy heads are seldom over six inches long.
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Davenport
Emil Bucks
Timothy
Union Telegraph messengers strike over pay cuts in Sioux City
The entire messenger crew stopped work in Sioux City to protest a pay reduction that would cut earnings to about twenty to thirty dollars. The firm responded by introducing new messengers and taxi deliveries for orders.
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Sioux City
Western Uaion Telegraph Co
Messenger Eye
City Council Chooses East Van Buren But Delays East Second Street Surfacing
Washington council moved East Second Street into the six mile dirt road project but kept East Van Buren Street on the list awaiting official approval. The delay stems from property owners concerns over cost and burden on vacant lots. Officials plan another session tonight to reconsider East Van Buren while weighing other streets for inclusion and potential cooperation with county and the cemetery association on Elm Grove road.
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East Second Street
Washington City
Washington
East van Buren
Case Field
Junior College
North Eleventh
East van Buren Street
North Eleventh Avenue
William Morrabin
Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Cedar Rapids
Horrabin
Harrison and
Polk
Iowa Avenue
West Main
West Second Streets
South Fourth Avenue
Elm Grove Cemetery
Cemetery Association
Debt Conciliation Board Sets Meeting Time
Debt conciliators will meet at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the courtroom to discuss outstanding debts and potential settlements.
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Debt Conciliation Board
Call For Your Free Coffee Butter-Nut Promotion
A notice invites selected readers to claim a free pound of Butter-Nut Coffee Delicious from the Journal office. Read aloud in today’s edition, the prompt urges recipients to check the want-ads and proceed to collect by presenting proof.
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Journal
Bugs less harmful in Washington county according to reports
No recent insect inspections found major chinch bug activity in Washington county. Weather and natural factors limit the fungus disease that kills the bugs, with reports that the pest is feeding mainly on foxtail rather than corn. Early last year farmers fought the outbreak. creosote barriers were deployed from June 14 to July 3.
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Washington County
Defer C of C Meeting Moves To July 10
Secretary Clarence Logan of the Chamber of Commerce announced the July meeting is postponed one week to Wednesday evening July 10. The event, held in the YMCA community room, shifts from Thursday to Wednesdays in summer to avoid Independence Day dinners at the country club. Charles Davis and Claude Tucker will lead the program, plans not yet finished.
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Clarence Logan
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Loan
Charles Davis
Claude Tucker
Mrs Wakelee Visits Ta coma Friend in Delta Plans
Mrs L C Wakelee of Ta coma Washington is visiting Mrs Carl Guther and expects to leave later this week for Delta Iowa.
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L. C. Wakelee
Tacoma Wash
Here
Carl Guther
Delta
County Pastors Picnic at Sunset
The Washington county ministerial association held a picnic at Sunset Park on Monday July 1 with devotionals and a social program. Rev E J Shook presided and a condolence resolution for Rev C C Goltry was adopted. Rev C S Williams resigned as secretary but resignation accepted later. A nominating committee was formed for August officers. Hostesses Mrs Orville Elder and Mrs Williams entertained wives and children at the D A R cabin.
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Washington County
Sunset Park
Washington
E. J. Shook
C. C. Goltry
Brighton
C. S. Williams
Association
Williams
Vernon H. Carter
F. C. Witzigman
Orville Elder
Willams
D. A. RK
Ed Hartman Dies of Infection in Iowa City Hospital
Edward Hartman of East Fifth street died about 9 30 this morning in University hospital Iowa City after a brief illness from an infection on his face following years of diabetes. His body was taken to L A Jones funeral home where funeral plans were being made.
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Edward Hartman
East Fifth Street
University Hospital
Iowa City
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Heavy Rains Cause Crop Loss in Iowa
Des Moines reports cloudbursts and electrical storms across Iowa cause heavy property and crop damage. Northwest Iowa felt four inches of rain with floods washing out tracks in Des Moines and Valley Junction. Boone Madrid and Primghar suffered substantial losses as parks and roads flooded, with several thousand dollars in damage and workers blocked by rising waters.
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Des Moines
U.S
Iowa
Hartley
Primghar
Valley Junction
Boone
van Meter
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Cornell Bluffs
Creston Floods
Ledges
Madrid
Corn Hog Papers Ready Soon for Des Moines
Washington county corn hog office reports 1935 contracts signed and transmittal sheets nearly complete. Signatures must be verified, notably landlords living outside the county, before dispatch to Des Moines. Total contract signers in the county reach 1,179, per President O C Patterson. Mr and Mrs Ed Grayson depart for Forest City for a week with Mr and Mrs Elliot Grayson.
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Washington County
Des Moines
O. C. Patterson
County
Ed Grayson
Mrs
Elliot Grayson
Forest City
Hartman Brother Passes. Ice Cream Maker Had Thirteen Plants
Ind born Hartman moved to Iowa as a youth with parents John and Mary Pickens Hartman. He became a prominent ice cream maker owning thirteen factories in southeastern Iowa including Washington. Survived by widow, sons Roy and Ed Hartman, daughter Adelia of Aurora Ill and half sister Mrs Gussie Finch of Detroit.
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Mr. Hartman
Columbus
Ind
Iowa
John
Mary Pickens Hartman
Washington
Roy
Ed Hartman
Adelia
Aurora
Ill
Gussie Finch
Detroit
Is America More Temperate
Washington report notes a drop in tax paid liquor consumption in the first full fiscal year after repeal. Despite a population increase of over 26 million, total liquor use fell about one third, wine one third, and beer one sixth. Bootleggers remain active supplying illegal liquor and evading taxes amid ongoing federal enforcement challenges.
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Washington, D. C
América
Grand jury report eyed with potential statewide impact
The Woodbury county grand jury nears completion of its investigation into alleged county city and state officers. Witnesses today include Max Duckworth and Max Lanier with Emil Recknagle and Frank Brisbois awaiting testimony. Sensational developments are expected after Sunday revelations. Special prosecutor H. M. Havner served a subpoena to Langer, tied to seized Brisbois correspondence exposing a state wide protection network for slot machine operators.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County Grand Jury
Max Duckworth
Woodbury
Emil Recknagle
Fonda
Max Lanier
Dubuque
Frank Brisbois
H. M. Havner
Langer
Brisbois
Building and Loan Pays a Dividend
The Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association declared a two percent dividend on all share classes for the first half of the year. The board added substantially to surplus and reserve funds as assets rose by 15,500 since January 1, 1935. The mortgage department granted 25 home loans in the first year, aided by federal share insurance and a new liberalization loan plan attracting many prospective homeowners.
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Washington Federal Savings & Loan Association
C. KR. McCutchen
Mortgage Loan Department
Association
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
McCutchen
Roosevelt's Poolside Laugh Echoed In Washington
Beverly Hills dispatch notes the season of political sparring as insiders joke about President Roosevelt enjoying a pool break while candidates fret over knowledge and professors. The piece paints a satirical image of Washington power games and media bravado.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Washington
D. C
Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt Protests Fail in Utilities Control Bill Vote
In Washington on July 2 a House vote 323 to 61 approved a modified Wheeler Rayburn utilities control bill despite Roosevelt opposition. The measure gives the SEC power to simplify holding company structures and cites a Senate plan for seven year dissolution of nonessential utilities. The bill now goes to conference with the Senate.
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Washington, D. C
House
Wheeler Rayburn Utilities Control Bi
Roosevelt
John Hoeppe
California
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate
Treasury reports record public debt and 1935 deficit
The treasury department announced a record public debt of 28.7009 billion dollars for the 1935 fiscal year ending Sunday. Total government expenditures reached 7.375 billion, with revenue around three billion, yielding a deficit of about 3.5 billion.
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Treasury
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Williams Speaks at County Home Sunday Service
Rev Williams preached an outdoor service at the county home on Sunday. John Hughes Jr and Joiz Dittmer assisted with music. William Sartor from Ft Des Moines visited for the weekend and plays with Cavairy band there.
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Williams
John Hughes, Jr
Joiz Dittmer
William Sartor
Ft Des Moines
Cavairy
Stores to Close All Day on July Fourth
Local business men from the Chamber of Commerce vote to close stores all day Thursday July 4 while some shops plan limited hours. Drug stores will open morning and evening, close afternoon. groceries may close noon or all day depending on decisions announced soon.
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Chamber of Commerce
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